YES(?, 16*a + 6*b + 10*c + 10) Initial complexity problem: 1: T: (?, 1) eval1(a, b, c) -> eval2(a, b, c) [ a >= b + 1 ] (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ c >= a ] (1, 1) start(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c) start location: start leaf cost: 0 A polynomial rank function with Pol(eval1) = 2*V_1 - 2*V_3 - 1 Pol(eval2) = 2*V_1 - 2*V_3 - 1 Pol(start) = 2*V_1 - 2*V_3 - 1 orients all transitions weakly and the transition eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a >= c + 1 ] strictly and produces the following problem: 2: T: (?, 1) eval1(a, b, c) -> eval2(a, b, c) [ a >= b + 1 ] (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a >= c + 1 ] (2*a + 2*c + 1, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ c >= a ] (1, 1) start(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c) start location: start leaf cost: 0 Applied AI with 'oct' on problem 2 to obtain the following invariants: For symbol eval2: X_1 - X_2 - 1 >= 0 This yielded the following problem: 3: T: (1, 1) start(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c) (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ c >= a ] (2*a + 2*c + 1, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval1(a, b, c) -> eval2(a, b, c) [ a >= b + 1 ] start location: start leaf cost: 0 A polynomial rank function with Pol(start) = 5*V_1 - 2*V_2 - 3*V_3 - 3 Pol(eval1) = 5*V_1 - 2*V_2 - 3*V_3 - 3 Pol(eval2) = 5*V_1 - 2*V_2 - 3*V_3 - 4 orients all transitions weakly and the transition eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] strictly and produces the following problem: 4: T: (1, 1) start(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c) (?, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ c >= a ] (2*a + 2*c + 1, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (5*a + 2*b + 3*c + 3, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval1(a, b, c) -> eval2(a, b, c) [ a >= b + 1 ] start location: start leaf cost: 0 A polynomial rank function with Pol(start) = V_1 - V_2 Pol(eval1) = V_1 - V_2 Pol(eval2) = V_1 - V_2 orients all transitions weakly and the transition eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ c >= a ] strictly and produces the following problem: 5: T: (1, 1) start(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c) (a + b, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ c >= a ] (2*a + 2*c + 1, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (5*a + 2*b + 3*c + 3, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) eval1(a, b, c) -> eval2(a, b, c) [ a >= b + 1 ] start location: start leaf cost: 0 Repeatedly propagating knowledge in problem 5 produces the following problem: 6: T: (1, 1) start(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c) (a + b, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a - 1, b, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ c >= a ] (2*a + 2*c + 1, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b, c + 1) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (5*a + 2*b + 3*c + 3, 1) eval2(a, b, c) -> eval1(a, b + 1, c) [ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= c + 1 ] (8*a + 3*b + 5*c + 5, 1) eval1(a, b, c) -> eval2(a, b, c) [ a >= b + 1 ] start location: start leaf cost: 0 Complexity upper bound 16*a + 6*b + 10*c + 10 Time: 0.299 sec (SMT: 0.282 sec)