MAYBE Initial complexity problem: 1: T: (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(0, 0, Ar_2)) (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(Ar_0 + 1, Ar_1 + 2, Fresh_0 + Fresh_1)) (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f16(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) (Comp: 1, Cost: 0) koat_start(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) [ 0 <= 0 ] start location: koat_start leaf cost: 0 Repeatedly propagating knowledge in problem 1 produces the following problem: 2: T: (Comp: 1, Cost: 1) f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(0, 0, Ar_2)) (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(Ar_0 + 1, Ar_1 + 2, Fresh_0 + Fresh_1)) (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f16(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) (Comp: 1, Cost: 0) koat_start(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) [ 0 <= 0 ] start location: koat_start leaf cost: 0 A polynomial rank function with Pol(f0) = 1 Pol(f5) = 1 Pol(f16) = 0 Pol(koat_start) = 1 orients all transitions weakly and the transition f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f16(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) strictly and produces the following problem: 3: T: (Comp: 1, Cost: 1) f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(0, 0, Ar_2)) (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(Ar_0 + 1, Ar_1 + 2, Fresh_0 + Fresh_1)) (Comp: 1, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f16(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) (Comp: 1, Cost: 0) koat_start(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) [ 0 <= 0 ] start location: koat_start leaf cost: 0 Applied AI with 'oct' on problem 3 to obtain the following invariants: For symbol f5: X_2 >= 0 /\ X_1 + X_2 >= 0 /\ -X_1 + X_2 >= 0 /\ X_1 >= 0 This yielded the following problem: 4: T: (Comp: 1, Cost: 0) koat_start(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) [ 0 <= 0 ] (Comp: 1, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f16(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2)) [ Ar_1 >= 0 /\ Ar_0 + Ar_1 >= 0 /\ -Ar_0 + Ar_1 >= 0 /\ Ar_0 >= 0 ] (Comp: ?, Cost: 1) f5(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(Ar_0 + 1, Ar_1 + 2, Fresh_0 + Fresh_1)) [ Ar_1 >= 0 /\ Ar_0 + Ar_1 >= 0 /\ -Ar_0 + Ar_1 >= 0 /\ Ar_0 >= 0 ] (Comp: 1, Cost: 1) f0(Ar_0, Ar_1, Ar_2) -> Com_1(f5(0, 0, Ar_2)) start location: koat_start leaf cost: 0 Complexity upper bound ? Time: 0.843 sec (SMT: 0.812 sec)