Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rule 1: dfib(s(s(x)),y) -> dfib(s(x),dfib(x,y)) There are 2 dependency pairs: 2: DFIB(s(s(x)),y) -> DFIB(s(x),dfib(x,y)) 3: DFIB(s(s(x)),y) -> DFIB(x,y) Consider the SCC {2,3}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [s](x) = x + 1, [DFIB](x,y) = x + y + 1 and [dfib](x,y) = y, rule 1 is weakly decreasing and the rules in {2,3} are strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.