Termination w.r.t. Q of the following Term Rewriting System could be proven:

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(app(if, true), x), y) → x
app(app(app(if, false), x), y) → y
app(app(filter, f), nil) → nil
app(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

Q is empty.


↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(app(if, true), x), y) → x
app(app(app(if, false), x), y) → y
app(app(filter, f), nil) → nil
app(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

Q is empty.

The TRS is overlay and locally confluent. By [19] we can switch to innermost.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(app(if, true), x), y) → x
app(app(app(if, false), x), y) → y
app(app(filter, f), nil) → nil
app(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

app(app(app(if, true), x0), x1)
app(app(app(if, false), x0), x1)
app(app(filter, x0), nil)
app(app(filter, x0), app(app(cons, x1), x2))


Using Dependency Pairs [1,15] we result in the following initial DP problem:
Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(if, app(f, x))
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x)
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(filter, f), xs)
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs)))
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(app(if, true), x), y) → x
app(app(app(if, false), x), y) → y
app(app(filter, f), nil) → nil
app(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

app(app(app(if, true), x0), x1)
app(app(app(if, false), x0), x1)
app(app(filter, x0), nil)
app(app(filter, x0), app(app(cons, x1), x2))

We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ DependencyGraphProof

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(if, app(f, x))
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x)
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(filter, f), xs)
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs)))
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(app(if, true), x), y) → x
app(app(app(if, false), x), y) → y
app(app(filter, f), nil) → nil
app(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

app(app(app(if, true), x0), x1)
app(app(app(if, false), x0), x1)
app(app(filter, x0), nil)
app(app(filter, x0), app(app(cons, x1), x2))

We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
The approximation of the Dependency Graph [15,17,22] contains 1 SCC with 4 less nodes.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ DependencyGraphProof
            ↳ QDP
              ↳ UsableRulesProof

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x)
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(filter, f), xs)

The TRS R consists of the following rules:

app(app(app(if, true), x), y) → x
app(app(app(if, false), x), y) → y
app(app(filter, f), nil) → nil
app(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → app(app(app(if, app(f, x)), app(app(cons, x), app(app(filter, f), xs))), app(app(filter, f), xs))

The set Q consists of the following terms:

app(app(app(if, true), x0), x1)
app(app(app(if, false), x0), x1)
app(app(filter, x0), nil)
app(app(filter, x0), app(app(cons, x1), x2))

We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
As all Q-normal forms are R-normal forms we are in the innermost case. Hence, by the usable rules processor [15] we can delete all non-usable rules [17] from R.

↳ QTRS
  ↳ Overlay + Local Confluence
    ↳ QTRS
      ↳ DependencyPairsProof
        ↳ QDP
          ↳ DependencyGraphProof
            ↳ QDP
              ↳ UsableRulesProof
                ↳ QDP
                  ↳ QDPSizeChangeProof

Q DP problem:
The TRS P consists of the following rules:

APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(f, x)
APP(app(filter, f), app(app(cons, x), xs)) → APP(app(filter, f), xs)

R is empty.
The set Q consists of the following terms:

app(app(app(if, true), x0), x1)
app(app(app(if, false), x0), x1)
app(app(filter, x0), nil)
app(app(filter, x0), app(app(cons, x1), x2))

We have to consider all minimal (P,Q,R)-chains.
By using the subterm criterion [20] together with the size-change analysis [32] we have proven that there are no infinite chains for this DP problem.

From the DPs we obtained the following set of size-change graphs: