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Understanding Software Engineering Agents: A Study of Thought-Action-Result Trajectories

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Main Authors:	Bouzenia, Islem, Pradel, Michael
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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