NO (ignored inputs)COMMENT from the collection of \cite{Aoto2013} Rewrite Rules: [ a -> h(g(b)), a -> h(c), b -> g(b), h(g(?x)) -> g(h(?x)), g(?x) -> h(?x) ] Apply Direct Methods... Inner CPs: [ h(h(?x_1)) = g(h(?x_1)) ] Outer CPs: [ h(g(b)) = h(c) ] not Overlay, check Termination... unknown/not Terminating unknown Knuth & Bendix Linear unknown Development Closed unknown Strongly Closed unknown Weakly-Non-Overlapping & Non-Collapsing & Shallow unknown Upside-Parallel-Closed/Outside-Closed (inner) Parallel CPs: (not computed) unknown Toyama (Parallel CPs) Simultaneous CPs: [ h(c) = h(g(b)), h(g(b)) = h(c), h(h(?x)) = g(h(?x)), g(h(?x)) = h(h(?x)) ] unknown Okui (Simultaneous CPs) unknown Strongly Depth-Preserving & Root-E-Closed/Non-E-Overlapping unknown Strongly Weight-Preserving & Root-E-Closed/Non-E-Overlapping check Locally Decreasing Diagrams by Rule Labelling... Critical Pair by Rules <4, 3> preceded by [(h,1)] joinable by a reduction of rules <[], [([],4)]> Critical Pair by Rules <1, 0> preceded by [] unknown Diagram Decreasing check Non-Confluence... obtain 15 rules by 3 steps unfolding strenghten g(b) and h(b) strenghten g(g(b)) and g(b) strenghten g(g(b)) and h(b) strenghten g(h(b)) and g(b) strenghten g(h(b)) and h(b) strenghten g(h(b)) and h(c) strenghten h(g(b)) and g(b) strenghten h(g(b)) and h(b) strenghten h(g(b)) and h(c) strenghten h(h(b)) and g(b) obtain 100 candidates for checking non-joinability check by TCAP-Approximation (failure) check by Root-Approximation (failure) check by Ordering(rpo), check by Tree-Automata Approximation (success) Precedence: b : Mul []; c : Mul []; h : Mul [1], g : !1; Obtained: h(b) :(gt): h(c) b :(ge): b h(?x) :(ge): h(?x) ?x :(ge): h(?x) Witness for Non-Confluence: Direct Methods: not CR Final result: not CR 243.trs: Success(not CR) (155 msec.)