We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,O(n^1)). Strict Trs: { b(x, y) -> c(a(c(y), a(0(), x))) , a(y, x) -> y , a(y, c(b(a(0(), x), 0()))) -> b(a(c(b(0(), y)), x), 0()) } Obligation: runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,O(n^1)) The problem is match-bounded by 1. The enriched problem is compatible with the following automaton. { b_0(2, 2) -> 1 , c_0(2) -> 1 , c_0(2) -> 2 , c_1(2) -> 3 , c_1(2) -> 4 , c_1(3) -> 1 , a_0(2, 2) -> 1 , a_1(4, 5) -> 3 , a_1(6, 2) -> 5 , 0_0() -> 1 , 0_0() -> 2 , 0_1() -> 5 , 0_1() -> 6 } Hurray, we answered YES(?,O(n^1))