YES We show the termination of the TRS R: f(g(x)) -> f(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) -- SCC decomposition. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(x)) -> f#(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) p2: f#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> f(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) The estimated dependency graph contains the following SCCs: {p2} -- Reduction pair. Consider the dependency pair problem (P, R), where P consists of p1: f#(g(x)) -> f#(x) and R consists of: r1: f(g(x)) -> f(a(g(g(f(x))),g(f(x)))) The set of usable rules consists of r1 Take the reduction pair: generalized weighted path order (>=MG, >G) base order 1: trivial reduction triple (T x T, T x T, Φ) base order 2: model-based reduction triple (=A, >=A!, >A!): finite algebra: carrier: {0,1} interpretations: f#_A(0) = 0 f#_A(1) = 0 g_A(0) = 1 g_A(1) = 1 f_A(0) = 0 f_A(1) = 0 a_A(0,0) = 0 a_A(0,1) = 0 a_A(1,0) = 0 a_A(1,1) = 1 f#!_A(0) = 0 f#!_A(1) = 0 g!_A(0) = 1 g!_A(1) = 1 f!_A(0) = 0 f!_A(1) = 0 a!_A(0,0) = 0 a!_A(0,1) = 0 a!_A(1,0) = 0 a!_A(1,1) = 1 partial status: pi(f#) = [1] pi(g) = [1] pi(f) = [] pi(a) = [] The following rules are removed: p1 Then no dependency pair remains.