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A Combination Framework for Complexity

Computational Complexity 2013-02-06 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present a combination framework for polynomial complexity analysis of term rewrite systems. The framework covers both derivational and runtime complexity analysis. We present generalisations of powerful complexity techniques, notably a generalisation of complexity pairs and (weak) dependency pairs. Finally, we also present a novel technique, called dependency graph decomposition, that in the dependency pair setting greatly increases modularity. We employ the framework in the automated complexity tool TCT. TCT implements a majority of the techniques found in the literature, witnessing that our framework is general enough to capture a very brought setting.

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@article{arxiv.1302.0973,
  title  = {A Combination Framework for Complexity},
  author = {Martin Avanzini and Georg Moser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0973},
  year   = {2013}
}
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