Termination w.r.t. Q of the given QTRS could be proven:

0 QTRS
↳1 DependencyPairsProof (⇔)
↳2 QDP
↳3 DependencyGraphProof (⇔)
↳4 AND
    ↳5 QDP
        ↳6 QDPSizeChangeProof (⇔)
        ↳7 TRUE
    ↳8 QDP
        ↳9 QDPSizeChangeProof (⇔)
        ↳10 TRUE
    ↳11 QDP
        ↳12 QDPSizeChangeProof (⇔)
        ↳13 TRUE

(0) Obligation:

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(map, f), nil) → nil
app(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, app(f, x)), app(app(map, f), xs))
app(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, x), app(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs)))
app(concat, nil) → nil
app(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(append, x), app(concat, xs))
app(app(append, nil), xs) → xs
app(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → app(app(cons, x), app(app(append, xs), ys))

Q is empty.

(1) DependencyPairsProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Using Dependency Pairs [AG00,LPAR04] we result in the following initial DP problem.

(2) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(cons, app(f, x)), app(app(map, f), xs))
APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(cons, app(f, x))
APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x)
APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(map, f), xs)
APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(app(cons, x), app(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs)))
APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(cons, x)
APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs))
APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(app(map, flatten), xs)
APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(map, flatten)
APP(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(append, x), app(concat, xs))
APP(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(append, x)
APP(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(concat, xs)
APP(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → APP(app(cons, x), app(app(append, xs), ys))
APP(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → APP(app(append, xs), ys)
APP(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → APP(append, xs)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(map, f), nil) → nil
app(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, app(f, x)), app(app(map, f), xs))
app(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, x), app(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs)))
app(concat, nil) → nil
app(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(append, x), app(concat, xs))
app(app(append, nil), xs) → xs
app(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → app(app(cons, x), app(app(append, xs), ys))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(3) DependencyGraphProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The approximation of the Dependency Graph [LPAR04,FROCOS05,EDGSTAR] contains 3 SCCs with 10 less nodes.

(4) Complex Obligation (AND)

(5) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → APP(app(append, xs), ys)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(map, f), nil) → nil
app(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, app(f, x)), app(app(map, f), xs))
app(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, x), app(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs)))
app(concat, nil) → nil
app(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(append, x), app(concat, xs))
app(app(append, nil), xs) → xs
app(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → app(app(cons, x), app(app(append, xs), ys))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(6) QDPSizeChangeProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We used the following order and afs together with the size-change analysis [AAECC05] to show that there are no infinite chains for this DP problem.

Order:Homeomorphic Embedding Order

AFS:
append  =  append
cons  =  cons
app(x1, x2)  =  app(x2)

From the DPs we obtained the following set of size-change graphs:

  • APP(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → APP(app(append, xs), ys) (allowed arguments on rhs = {1, 2})
    The graph contains the following edges 1 > 1, 2 >= 2

We oriented the following set of usable rules [AAECC05,FROCOS05]. none

(7) TRUE

(8) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(concat, xs)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(map, f), nil) → nil
app(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, app(f, x)), app(app(map, f), xs))
app(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, x), app(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs)))
app(concat, nil) → nil
app(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(append, x), app(concat, xs))
app(app(append, nil), xs) → xs
app(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → app(app(cons, x), app(app(append, xs), ys))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(9) QDPSizeChangeProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We used the following order and afs together with the size-change analysis [AAECC05] to show that there are no infinite chains for this DP problem.

Order:Homeomorphic Embedding Order

AFS:
concat  =  concat
cons  =  cons
app(x1, x2)  =  app(x2)

From the DPs we obtained the following set of size-change graphs:

  • APP(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(concat, xs) (allowed arguments on rhs = {1, 2})
    The graph contains the following edges 1 >= 1, 2 > 2

We oriented the following set of usable rules [AAECC05,FROCOS05]. none

(10) TRUE

(11) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(map, f), xs)
APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x)
APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(app(map, flatten), xs)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(map, f), nil) → nil
app(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, app(f, x)), app(app(map, f), xs))
app(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → app(app(cons, x), app(concat, app(app(map, flatten), xs)))
app(concat, nil) → nil
app(concat, app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(append, x), app(concat, xs))
app(app(append, nil), xs) → xs
app(app(append, app(app(cons, x), xs)), ys) → app(app(cons, x), app(app(append, xs), ys))

Q is empty.
We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

(12) QDPSizeChangeProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We used the following order and afs together with the size-change analysis [AAECC05] to show that there are no infinite chains for this DP problem.

Order:Homeomorphic Embedding Order

AFS:
map  =  map
cons  =  cons
flatten  =  flatten
node  =  node
app(x1, x2)  =  app(x1, x2)

From the DPs we obtained the following set of size-change graphs:

  • APP(flatten, app(app(node, x), xs)) → APP(app(map, flatten), xs) (allowed arguments on rhs = {1, 2})
    The graph contains the following edges 2 > 2

  • APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x) (allowed arguments on rhs = {1, 2})
    The graph contains the following edges 1 > 1, 2 > 2

  • APP(app(map, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(map, f), xs) (allowed arguments on rhs = {1, 2})
    The graph contains the following edges 1 >= 1, 2 > 2

We oriented the following set of usable rules [AAECC05,FROCOS05]. none

(13) TRUE