MAYBE Initial complexity problem: 1: T: (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f2(h, b, i, d, e, f, g) [ a >= b ] (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(h, b, c, i, 0, f, g) [ b >= a + 1 ] (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(h, b, c, i, j, k, g) [ 0 >= j + 1 /\ b >= a + 1 ] (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(h, b, c, i, j, k, g) [ j >= 1 /\ b >= a + 1 ] (1, 1) f1(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, h) start location: f1 leaf cost: 0 Repeatedly removing leaves of the complexity graph in problem 1 produces the following problem: 2: T: (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(h, b, c, i, 0, f, g) [ b >= a + 1 ] (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(h, b, c, i, j, k, g) [ 0 >= j + 1 /\ b >= a + 1 ] (?, 1) f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(h, b, c, i, j, k, g) [ j >= 1 /\ b >= a + 1 ] (1, 1) f1(a, b, c, d, e, f, g) -> f0(a, b, c, d, e, f, h) start location: f1 leaf cost: 1 Complexity upper bound ? Time: 0.255 sec (SMT: 0.235 sec)