MAYBE Initial complexity problem: 1: T: (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, 0, f, f, e) [ 0 >= a ] (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, b, c, d, e) [ d >= 1 ] (?, 1) f25(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) (?, 1) f27(a, b, c, d, e) -> f30(a, b, c, d, e) (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, b, f, d, 0) [ 0 >= d ] (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ a >= 1 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, 0, f, d, 0) start location: f0 leaf cost: 0 Repeatedly removing leaves of the complexity graph in problem 1 produces the following problem: 2: T: (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, 0, f, f, e) [ 0 >= a ] (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, b, c, d, e) [ d >= 1 ] (?, 1) f25(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, b, f, d, 0) [ 0 >= d ] (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ a >= 1 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, 0, f, d, 0) start location: f0 leaf cost: 1 A polynomial rank function with Pol(f10) = 1 Pol(f16) = 1 Pol(f25) = 0 Pol(f0) = 1 orients all transitions weakly and the transition f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ a >= 1 ] strictly and produces the following problem: 3: T: (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, 0, f, f, e) [ 0 >= a ] (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, b, c, d, e) [ d >= 1 ] (?, 1) f25(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, b, f, d, 0) [ 0 >= d ] (1, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ a >= 1 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, 0, f, d, 0) start location: f0 leaf cost: 1 Applied AI with 'oct' on problem 3 to obtain the following invariants: For symbol f10: -X_5 >= 0 /\ X_2 - X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 - X_5 >= 0 /\ X_5 >= 0 /\ X_2 + X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 + X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 >= 0 /\ X_2 >= 0 For symbol f16: -X_5 >= 0 /\ X_2 - X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 - X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_1 - X_5 >= 0 /\ X_5 >= 0 /\ X_2 + X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 + X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_1 + X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 >= 0 /\ -X_1 - X_2 >= 0 /\ X_2 >= 0 /\ -X_1 + X_2 >= 0 /\ -X_1 >= 0 For symbol f25: -X_5 >= 0 /\ X_2 - X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 - X_5 >= 0 /\ X_1 - X_5 - 1 >= 0 /\ X_5 >= 0 /\ X_2 + X_5 >= 0 /\ -X_2 + X_5 >= 0 /\ X_1 + X_5 - 1 >= 0 /\ -X_2 >= 0 /\ X_1 - X_2 - 1 >= 0 /\ X_2 >= 0 /\ X_1 + X_2 - 1 >= 0 /\ X_1 - 1 >= 0 This yielded the following problem: 4: T: (1, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, 0, f, d, 0) (1, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ a >= 1 ] (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, b, f, d, 0) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ -a - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -a + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ -a - b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ -a + b >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ 0 >= d ] (?, 1) f25(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ a - e - 1 >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ a + e - 1 >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ a + b - 1 >= 0 /\ a - 1 >= 0 ] (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ -a - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -a + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ -a - b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ -a + b >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ d >= 1 ] (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, 0, f, f, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ 0 >= a ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 1 By chaining the transition f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ a >= 1 ] with all transitions in problem 4, the following new transition is obtained: f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ a >= 1 /\ a - e - 1 >= 0 /\ a + e - 1 >= 0 /\ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a + b - 1 >= 0 /\ a - 1 >= 0 ] We thus obtain the following problem: 5: T: (1, 2) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ a >= 1 /\ a - e - 1 >= 0 /\ a + e - 1 >= 0 /\ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ a + b - 1 >= 0 /\ a - 1 >= 0 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, 0, f, d, 0) (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f10(f, b, f, d, 0) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ -a - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -a + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ -a - b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ -a + b >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ 0 >= d ] (?, 1) f25(a, b, c, d, e) -> f25(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ a - e - 1 >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ a + e - 1 >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ a - b - 1 >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ a + b - 1 >= 0 /\ a - 1 >= 0 ] (?, 1) f16(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, b, c, d, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ -a - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -a + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ -a - b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ -a + b >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ d >= 1 ] (?, 1) f10(a, b, c, d, e) -> f16(a, 0, f, f, e) [ -e >= 0 /\ b - e >= 0 /\ -b - e >= 0 /\ e >= 0 /\ b + e >= 0 /\ -b + e >= 0 /\ -b >= 0 /\ b >= 0 /\ 0 >= a ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 1 Complexity upper bound ? Time: 0.788 sec (SMT: 0.736 sec)