YES

# Compositional parallel rule labeling (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022).

Consider the left-linear TRS R:

  b(b(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(c(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(c(x)) -> c(b(x))
  c(c(x)) -> b(c(x))
  b(c(x)) -> b(c(x))
  c(b(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(b(x)) -> a(c(x))
  a(a(x)) -> a(a(x))

Let C be the following subset of R:

  b(b(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(c(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(b(x)) -> a(c(x))

All parallel critical peaks (except C's) are decreasing wrt rule labeling:

  phi(b(b(x)) -> b(a(x))) = 0
  phi(a(c(x)) -> b(a(x))) = 0
  phi(a(c(x)) -> c(b(x))) = 4
  phi(c(c(x)) -> b(c(x))) = 1
  phi(b(c(x)) -> b(c(x))) = 1
  phi(c(b(x)) -> b(a(x))) = 2
  phi(a(b(x)) -> a(c(x))) = 0
  phi(a(a(x)) -> a(a(x))) = 1

  psi(b(b(x)) -> b(a(x))) = 0
  psi(a(c(x)) -> b(a(x))) = 0
  psi(a(c(x)) -> c(b(x))) = 3
  psi(c(c(x)) -> b(c(x))) = 4
  psi(b(c(x)) -> b(c(x))) = 1
  psi(c(b(x)) -> b(a(x))) = 3
  psi(a(b(x)) -> a(c(x))) = 0
  psi(a(a(x)) -> a(a(x))) = 1


Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C.

# Compositional parallel critical pair system (Shintani and Hirokawa 2022).

Consider the left-linear TRS R:

  b(b(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(c(x)) -> b(a(x))
  a(b(x)) -> a(c(x))

Let C be the following subset of R:

  (empty)

The parallel critical pair system PCPS(R,C) is:

  b(b(b(x1_1))) -> b(b(a(x1_1)))
  b(b(b(x1_1))) -> b(a(b(x1_1)))
  a(b(b(x1_1))) -> a(b(a(x1_1)))
  a(b(b(x1_1))) -> a(c(b(x1_1)))

The TRS R is locally confluent and PCPS(R,C)/R is terminating.
Therefore, the confluence of R follows from that of C.

# Emptiness.

The empty TRS is confluent.