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In future work, we would like to improve the
BLA2SLA approach by extending the direct
mapping between BLA and SLA attributes,
whenever possible. Moreover, we would like to test
it by carrying out a controlled experiment in which
users could try it out in a case study.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the State of São Paulo Research
Foundation (Fapesp), Brazil, for its support.
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