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

(0) Obligation:

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

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

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:

PERFECTP(s(x)) → F(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u)
F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

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 1 SCC with 2 less nodes.

(4) Obligation:

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

F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)
F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

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

(5) QDPOrderProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We use the reduction pair processor [LPAR04].

The following pairs can be oriented strictly and are deleted.

F(s(x), s(y), z, u) → F(x, u, z, u)

The remaining pairs can at least be oriented weakly.
Used ordering: SCNP Order with the following components:
Level mapping:
Top level AFS:
F(x0, x1, x2, x3, x4)  =  F(x0)

Tags:
F has argument tags [2,2,7,7,0] and root tag 0

Comparison: MAX
Underlying order for the size change arcs and the rules of R:
Polynomial interpretation [POLO]:

POL(0) = 0   
POL(F(x₁, x₂, x₃, x₄)) = x₁ + x₃   
POL(minus(x₁, x₂)) = 1   
POL(s(x₁)) = 1 + x₁   

The following usable rules [FROCOS05] were oriented: none

(6) Obligation:

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

F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

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

(7) QDPOrderProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

We use the reduction pair processor [LPAR04].

The following pairs can be oriented strictly and are deleted.

F(s(x), 0, z, u) → F(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)

The remaining pairs can at least be oriented weakly.
Used ordering: SCNP Order with the following components:
Level mapping:
Top level AFS:
F(x0, x1, x2, x3, x4)  =  F(x1)

Tags:
F has argument tags [5,3,7,0,5] and root tag 0

Comparison: MAX
Underlying order for the size change arcs and the rules of R:
Polynomial interpretation [POLO]:

POL(0) = 0   
POL(F(x₁, x₂, x₃, x₄)) = x₃   
POL(minus(x₁, x₂)) = x₁   
POL(s(x₁)) = 1 + x₁   

The following usable rules [FROCOS05] were oriented: none

(8) Obligation:

Q DP problem:
P is empty.
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

perfectp(0) → false
perfectp(s(x)) → f(x, s(0), s(x), s(x))
f(0, y, 0, u) → true
f(0, y, s(z), u) → false
f(s(x), 0, z, u) → f(x, u, minus(z, s(x)), u)
f(s(x), s(y), z, u) → if(le(x, y), f(s(x), minus(y, x), z, u), f(x, u, z, u))

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

(9) PisEmptyProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The TRS P is empty. Hence, there is no (P,Q,R) chain.

(10) TRUE