We describe a new approach to proving termination with size change graphs. This is the first decision procedure for size change termination (SCT) which makes direct use of global ranking functions. It handles a well-defined and significant subset of SCT instances, designed to be amenable to a SAT-based solution. We have implemented the approach using a state-of-the-art Boolean satisfaction solver. Experimentation indicates that the approach is a viable alternative to the complete SCT decision procedure based on closure computation and local ranking functions. Our approach has the extra benefit of producing an explicit witness to prove termination in the form of a global ranking function. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Ben-Amram, A. M., & Codish, M. (2008). A SAT-based approach to size change termination with global ranking functions. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 4963 LNCS, pp. 218–232). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78800-3_16
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