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We present the Symbolic Execution Debugger for sequential Java programs. Being based on symbolic execution, its functionality goes beyond that of traditional interactive debuggers. For instance, debugging can start directly at any method or statement and all program execution paths are explored simultaneously. To support program comprehension, execution paths as well as intermediate states are visualized.
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Hentschel, M., Bubel, R., Hähnle, R. (2014). Symbolic Execution Debugger (SED). In: Bonakdarpour, B., Smolka, S.A. (eds) Runtime Verification. RV 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8734. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11164-3_21
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