MAYBE Initial complexity problem: 1: T: (?, 1) f2(a, b, c) -> f2(a + 1, b, c) (?, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f3(a, b - 1, c) [ b >= 1 ] (?, 1) f5(a, b, c) -> f5(a, b, 1) (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f2(0, b, c) [ c >= 1 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f3(0, b, c) [ 0 >= c ] (?, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, c) [ 0 >= b ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 0 A polynomial rank function with Pol(f2) = 0 Pol(f3) = 1 Pol(f5) = 0 Pol(f0) = 1 orients all transitions weakly and the transition f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, c) [ 0 >= b ] strictly and produces the following problem: 2: T: (?, 1) f2(a, b, c) -> f2(a + 1, b, c) (?, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f3(a, b - 1, c) [ b >= 1 ] (?, 1) f5(a, b, c) -> f5(a, b, 1) (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f2(0, b, c) [ c >= 1 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f3(0, b, c) [ 0 >= c ] (1, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, c) [ 0 >= b ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 0 A polynomial rank function with Pol(f2) = -V_1 + V_2 - V_3 Pol(f3) = V_2 Pol(f5) = V_1 + V_2 Pol(f0) = V_2 - V_3 orients all transitions weakly and the transition f3(a, b, c) -> f3(a, b - 1, c) [ b >= 1 ] strictly and produces the following problem: 3: T: (?, 1) f2(a, b, c) -> f2(a + 1, b, c) (b + c, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f3(a, b - 1, c) [ b >= 1 ] (?, 1) f5(a, b, c) -> f5(a, b, 1) (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f2(0, b, c) [ c >= 1 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f3(0, b, c) [ 0 >= c ] (1, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, c) [ 0 >= b ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 0 Applied AI with 'oct' on problem 3 to obtain the following invariants: For symbol f2: X_3 - 1 >= 0 /\ X_1 + X_3 - 1 >= 0 /\ X_1 >= 0 For symbol f3: -X_3 >= 0 /\ X_1 - X_3 >= 0 /\ -X_1 - X_3 >= 0 /\ -X_1 >= 0 /\ X_1 >= 0 For symbol f5: -X_2 >= 0 /\ X_1 - X_2 >= 0 /\ -X_1 - X_2 >= 0 /\ -X_1 >= 0 /\ X_1 >= 0 This yielded the following problem: 4: T: (1, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, c) [ -c >= 0 /\ a - c >= 0 /\ -a - c >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 /\ 0 >= b ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f3(0, b, c) [ 0 >= c ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f2(0, b, c) [ c >= 1 ] (?, 1) f5(a, b, c) -> f5(a, b, 1) [ -b >= 0 /\ a - b >= 0 /\ -a - b >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 ] (b + c, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f3(a, b - 1, c) [ -c >= 0 /\ a - c >= 0 /\ -a - c >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 /\ b >= 1 ] (?, 1) f2(a, b, c) -> f2(a + 1, b, c) [ c - 1 >= 0 /\ a + c - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= 0 ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 0 By chaining the transition f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, c) [ -c >= 0 /\ a - c >= 0 /\ -a - c >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 /\ 0 >= b ] with all transitions in problem 4, the following new transition is obtained: f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, 1) [ -c >= 0 /\ a - c >= 0 /\ -a - c >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 /\ 0 >= b /\ -b >= 0 /\ 0 >= 0 ] We thus obtain the following problem: 5: T: (1, 2) f3(a, b, c) -> f5(0, b, 1) [ -c >= 0 /\ a - c >= 0 /\ -a - c >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 /\ 0 >= b /\ -b >= 0 /\ 0 >= 0 ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f3(0, b, c) [ 0 >= c ] (1, 1) f0(a, b, c) -> f2(0, b, c) [ c >= 1 ] (?, 1) f5(a, b, c) -> f5(a, b, 1) [ -b >= 0 /\ a - b >= 0 /\ -a - b >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 ] (b + c, 1) f3(a, b, c) -> f3(a, b - 1, c) [ -c >= 0 /\ a - c >= 0 /\ -a - c >= 0 /\ -a >= 0 /\ a >= 0 /\ b >= 1 ] (?, 1) f2(a, b, c) -> f2(a + 1, b, c) [ c - 1 >= 0 /\ a + c - 1 >= 0 /\ a >= 0 ] start location: f0 leaf cost: 0 Complexity upper bound ? Time: 0.510 sec (SMT: 0.480 sec)