YES(?,POLY) We are left with following problem, upon which TcT provides the certificate YES(?,POLY). Strict Trs: { d(x) -> e(u(x)) , d(u(x)) -> c(x) , c(u(x)) -> b(x) , b(u(x)) -> a(e(x)) , v(e(x)) -> x } Obligation: innermost runtime complexity Answer: YES(?,POLY) The input was oriented with the instance of 'Polynomial Path Order' as induced by the safe mapping safe(d) = {}, safe(e) = {1}, safe(u) = {1}, safe(c) = {}, safe(b) = {}, safe(v) = {}, safe(a) = {1} and precedence d > b, d > v, c > b, c > v, b > v, d ~ c . Following symbols are considered recursive: {d, c, b} The recursion depth is 2. For your convenience, here are the satisfied ordering constraints: d(x;) > e(; u(; x)) d(u(; x);) > c(x;) c(u(; x);) > b(x;) b(u(; x);) > a(; e(; x)) v(e(; x);) > x Hurray, we answered YES(?,POLY)