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:

U11(tt, M, N) → U12(tt, activate(M), activate(N))
U12(tt, M, N) → s(plus(activate(N), activate(M)))
plus(N, 0) → N
plus(N, s(M)) → U11(tt, M, N)
activate(X) → X

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:

U11¹(tt, M, N) → U12¹(tt, activate(M), activate(N))
U11¹(tt, M, N) → ACTIVATE(M)
U11¹(tt, M, N) → ACTIVATE(N)
U12¹(tt, M, N) → PLUS(activate(N), activate(M))
U12¹(tt, M, N) → ACTIVATE(N)
U12¹(tt, M, N) → ACTIVATE(M)
PLUS(N, s(M)) → U11¹(tt, M, N)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

U11(tt, M, N) → U12(tt, activate(M), activate(N))
U12(tt, M, N) → s(plus(activate(N), activate(M)))
plus(N, 0) → N
plus(N, s(M)) → U11(tt, M, N)
activate(X) → X

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 4 less nodes.

(4) Obligation:

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

U12¹(tt, M, N) → PLUS(activate(N), activate(M))
PLUS(N, s(M)) → U11¹(tt, M, N)
U11¹(tt, M, N) → U12¹(tt, activate(M), activate(N))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

U11(tt, M, N) → U12(tt, activate(M), activate(N))
U12(tt, M, N) → s(plus(activate(N), activate(M)))
plus(N, 0) → N
plus(N, s(M)) → U11(tt, M, N)
activate(X) → X

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.

U12¹(tt, M, N) → PLUS(activate(N), activate(M))
PLUS(N, s(M)) → U11¹(tt, M, N)
U11¹(tt, M, N) → U12¹(tt, activate(M), activate(N))

The remaining pairs can at least be oriented weakly.
Used ordering: SCNP Order with the following components:
Level mapping:
Top level AFS:
U12¹(x0, x1, x2, x3)  =  U12¹(x0)
PLUS(x0, x1, x2)  =  PLUS(x0, x2)
U11¹(x0, x1, x2, x3)  =  U11¹(x0, x2)

Tags:
U12¹ has argument tags [9,8,0,8] and root tag 2
PLUS has argument tags [9,9,4] and root tag 0
U11¹ has argument tags [4,4,8,0] and root tag 0

Comparison: MAX
Underlying order for the size change arcs and the rules of R:
Combined order from the following AFS and order.
U12¹(x1, x2, x3)  =  U12¹(x2)
tt  =  tt
PLUS(x1, x2)  =  x2
activate(x1)  =  activate(x1)
s(x1)  =  s(x1)
U11¹(x1, x2, x3)  =  U11¹(x2)

Recursive path order with status [RPO].
Quasi-Precedence:

tt > [U12^1₁, activate₁]
[s₁, U11^1₁] > [U12^1₁, activate₁]

Status:

U12^1₁: multiset
tt: multiset
activate₁: multiset
s₁: multiset
U11^1₁: multiset

The following usable rules [FROCOS05] were oriented:

activate(X) → X

(6) Obligation:

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

U11(tt, M, N) → U12(tt, activate(M), activate(N))
U12(tt, M, N) → s(plus(activate(N), activate(M)))
plus(N, 0) → N
plus(N, s(M)) → U11(tt, M, N)
activate(X) → X

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

(7) PisEmptyProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

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

(8) TRUE