YES

We show the termination of the TRS R:

  f(c(a(),z,x)) -> b(a(),z)
  b(x,b(z,y)) -> f(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
  b(y,z) -> z

-- SCC decomposition.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(c(a(),z,x)) -> b#(a(),z)
p2: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
p3: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> b#(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y))
p4: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(f(z))
p5: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(z)

and R consists of:

r1: f(c(a(),z,x)) -> b(a(),z)
r2: b(x,b(z,y)) -> f(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
r3: b(y,z) -> z

The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs:

  {p1, p2, p4, p5}


-- Reduction pair.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(c(a(),z,x)) -> b#(a(),z)
p2: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(z)
p3: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(f(z))
p4: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))

and R consists of:

r1: f(c(a(),z,x)) -> b(a(),z)
r2: b(x,b(z,y)) -> f(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
r3: b(y,z) -> z

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1, r2, r3

Take the reduction pair:

  max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
  
    f#_A(x1) = x1 + 2
    c_A(x1,x2,x3) = max{x1 + 1, x2 + 1, x3 + 1}
    a_A = 0
    b#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 3, x2 + 3}
    b_A(x1,x2) = max{x1, x2}
    f_A(x1) = max{0, x1 - 1}

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p2, p3

We remove them from the problem.

-- SCC decomposition.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(c(a(),z,x)) -> b#(a(),z)
p2: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))

and R consists of:

r1: f(c(a(),z,x)) -> b(a(),z)
r2: b(x,b(z,y)) -> f(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
r3: b(y,z) -> z

The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs:

  {p1, p2}


-- Reduction pair.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(c(a(),z,x)) -> b#(a(),z)
p2: b#(x,b(z,y)) -> f#(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))

and R consists of:

r1: f(c(a(),z,x)) -> b(a(),z)
r2: b(x,b(z,y)) -> f(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
r3: b(y,z) -> z

The set of usable rules consists of

  r1, r2, r3

Take the reduction pair:

  max/plus interpretations on natural numbers:
  
    f#_A(x1) = max{7, x1 - 6}
    c_A(x1,x2,x3) = x2 + 14
    a_A = 2
    b#_A(x1,x2) = max{x1 + 6, x2 + 8}
    b_A(x1,x2) = max{7, x1 + 4, x2}
    f_A(x1) = max{7, x1 - 10}

The next rules are strictly ordered:

  p2

We remove them from the problem.

-- SCC decomposition.

Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of

p1: f#(c(a(),z,x)) -> b#(a(),z)

and R consists of:

r1: f(c(a(),z,x)) -> b(a(),z)
r2: b(x,b(z,y)) -> f(b(f(f(z)),c(x,z,y)))
r3: b(y,z) -> z

The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs:

  (no SCCs)