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Tracing and Explaining Execution of CLP(FD) Programs
Previous work in the area of tracing CLP(FD) programs mainly focuses on
providing information about control of execution and domain modification. In
this paper, we present a trace structure that provides information about
additional important aspects. We incorporate explanations in the trace
structure, i.e. reasons for why certain solver actions occur. Furthermore, we
come up with a format for describing the execution of the filtering algorithms
of global constraints. Some new ideas about the design of the trace are also
presented. For example, we have modeled our trace as a nested block structure
in order to achieve a hierarchical view. Also, new ways about how to represent
and identify different entities such as constraints and domain variables are
presented.Comment: 16 pages; Alexandre Tessier, editor; WLPE 2002,
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cs.SE/020705