This work was carried out in collaboration with the following authors:
- Ismayle de Sousa Santos, Ph.D. student at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.
- Dr. Rossana María de Castro Andrade, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Federal University of Ceará.
- Prof. Lincoln Souza Rocha, professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Federal University of Ceará.
- Dr. Káthia Marçal de Oliveira, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Valenciennes, France.
- Dr. Guilherme Horta Travasso, Professor of Software Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
The paper was accepted in March 2017. Although the journal’s issue date is August 2017, it was released in May.