YES(?, 12*a + 13) Initial complexity problem: 1: T: (1, 1) evalrandom1dstart(a, b) -> evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) (?, 1) evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, 1) [ a >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dreturnin(a, b) [ 0 >= a ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) [ a >= b ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dreturnin(a, b) [ b >= a + 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ 0 >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ c >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) (?, 1) evalrandom1dreturnin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dstop(a, b) start location: evalrandom1dstart leaf cost: 0 Repeatedly removing leaves of the complexity graph in problem 1 produces the following problem: 2: T: (1, 1) evalrandom1dstart(a, b) -> evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) (?, 1) evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, 1) [ a >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) [ a >= b ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ 0 >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ c >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) start location: evalrandom1dstart leaf cost: 3 Repeatedly propagating knowledge in problem 2 produces the following problem: 3: T: (1, 1) evalrandom1dstart(a, b) -> evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) (1, 1) evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, 1) [ a >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) [ a >= b ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ 0 >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ c >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) start location: evalrandom1dstart leaf cost: 3 A polynomial rank function with Pol(evalrandom1dstart) = 3*V_1 - 2 Pol(evalrandom1dentryin) = 3*V_1 - 2 Pol(evalrandom1dbb5in) = 3*V_1 - 3*V_2 + 1 Pol(evalrandom1dbb1in) = 3*V_1 - 3*V_2 - 1 orients all transitions weakly and the transition evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) [ a >= b ] strictly and produces the following problem: 4: T: (1, 1) evalrandom1dstart(a, b) -> evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) (1, 1) evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, 1) [ a >= 1 ] (3*a + 2, 1) evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) [ a >= b ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ 0 >= c + 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ c >= 1 ] (?, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) start location: evalrandom1dstart leaf cost: 3 Repeatedly propagating knowledge in problem 4 produces the following problem: 5: T: (1, 1) evalrandom1dstart(a, b) -> evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) (1, 1) evalrandom1dentryin(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, 1) [ a >= 1 ] (3*a + 2, 1) evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) [ a >= b ] (3*a + 2, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ 0 >= c + 1 ] (3*a + 2, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) [ c >= 1 ] (3*a + 2, 1) evalrandom1dbb1in(a, b) -> evalrandom1dbb5in(a, b + 1) start location: evalrandom1dstart leaf cost: 3 Complexity upper bound 12*a + 13 Time: 0.144 sec (SMT: 0.136 sec)