YES We show the termination of the TRS R: g(a()) -> g(b()) b() -> f(a(),a()) f(a(),a()) -> g(d()) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: g#(a()) -> g#(b()) p2: g#(a()) -> b#() p3: b#() -> f#(a(),a()) p4: f#(a(),a()) -> g#(d()) and R consists of: r1: g(a()) -> g(b()) r2: b() -> f(a(),a()) r3: f(a(),a()) -> g(d()) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p1} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: g#(a()) -> g#(b()) and R consists of: r1: g(a()) -> g(b()) r2: b() -> f(a(),a()) r3: f(a(),a()) -> g(d()) The set of usable rules consists of r2, r3 Take the reduction pair: weighted path order base order: max/plus interpretations on natural numbers: g#_A(x1) = max{6, x1 + 3} a_A = 4 b_A = 2 f_A(x1,x2) = max{1, x1 - 3, x2 - 3} g_A(x1) = 0 d_A = 6 precedence: g# = a = b = f = g = d partial status: pi(g#) = [1] pi(a) = [] pi(b) = [] pi(f) = [] pi(g) = [] pi(d) = [] The next rules are strictly ordered: p1 We remove them from the problem. Then no dependency pair remains.