Consider the TRS R consisting of the rewrite rules 1: active(f(g(X),Y)) -> mark(f(X,f(g(X),Y))) 2: active(f(X1,X2)) -> f(active(X1),X2) 3: active(g(X)) -> g(active(X)) 4: f(mark(X1),X2) -> mark(f(X1,X2)) 5: g(mark(X)) -> mark(g(X)) 6: proper(f(X1,X2)) -> f(proper(X1),proper(X2)) 7: proper(g(X)) -> g(proper(X)) 8: f(ok(X1),ok(X2)) -> ok(f(X1,X2)) 9: g(ok(X)) -> ok(g(X)) 10: top(mark(X)) -> top(proper(X)) 11: top(ok(X)) -> top(active(X)) There are 18 dependency pairs: 12: ACTIVE(f(g(X),Y)) -> F(X,f(g(X),Y)) 13: ACTIVE(f(X1,X2)) -> F(active(X1),X2) 14: ACTIVE(f(X1,X2)) -> ACTIVE(X1) 15: ACTIVE(g(X)) -> G(active(X)) 16: ACTIVE(g(X)) -> ACTIVE(X) 17: F(mark(X1),X2) -> F(X1,X2) 18: G(mark(X)) -> G(X) 19: PROPER(f(X1,X2)) -> F(proper(X1),proper(X2)) 20: PROPER(f(X1,X2)) -> PROPER(X1) 21: PROPER(f(X1,X2)) -> PROPER(X2) 22: PROPER(g(X)) -> G(proper(X)) 23: PROPER(g(X)) -> PROPER(X) 24: F(ok(X1),ok(X2)) -> F(X1,X2) 25: G(ok(X)) -> G(X) 26: TOP(mark(X)) -> TOP(proper(X)) 27: TOP(mark(X)) -> PROPER(X) 28: TOP(ok(X)) -> TOP(active(X)) 29: TOP(ok(X)) -> ACTIVE(X) The approximated dependency graph contains 5 SCCs: {17,24}, {18,25}, {14,16}, {20,21,23} and {26,28}. - Consider the SCC {17,24}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [mark](x) = [ok](x) = x + 1 and [F](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {17,24} are strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {18,25}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [G](x) = [mark](x) = [ok](x) = x + 1, the rules in {18,25} are strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {14,16}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [ACTIVE](x) = [g](x) = x + 1 and [f](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {14,16} are strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {20,21,23}. There are no usable rules. By taking the polynomial interpretation [g](x) = [PROPER](x) = x + 1 and [f](x,y) = x + y + 1, the rules in {20,21,23} are strictly decreasing. - Consider the SCC {26,28}. The usable rules are {1-9}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [proper](x) = x and [active](x) = [f](x,y) = [g](x) = [mark](x) = [ok](x) = [TOP](x) = x + 1, the rules in {2-9,28} are weakly decreasing and the rules in {1,26} are strictly decreasing. There is one new SCC. - Consider the SCC {28}. The usable rules are {1-5,8,9}. By taking the polynomial interpretation [active](x) = x and [f](x,y) = [g](x) = [mark](x) = [ok](x) = [TOP](x) = x + 1, the rules in {1-5,8,9} are weakly decreasing and rule 28 is strictly decreasing. Hence the TRS is terminating.