On Implementing Modular Complexity Analysis
Author(s) -
Harald Zankl,
Martin Korp
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
epic series in computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 2398-7340
DOI - 10.29007/zm9s
Subject(s) - mathematical proof , modular design , computer science , upper and lower bounds , theoretical computer science , term (time) , computational complexity theory , algorithm , programming language , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
We recall the recent approach by (Zankl and Korp, 2010) to prove upper bounds on the (derivational) complexity of term rewrite systems modularly. In this note we show that this approach is suitable to tighten bounds after they have been established. The idea is to replace proof steps with a large bound by (new) proofs that yield smaller bounds. An evaluation of the approach shows the benets.
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