• I think it's partly the subject matter. People don't use PBM. I'm not sure why. It's excellent. But if you're not interested in PBM, why would you want to learn how to automate it better.

    I like the abstract. It defines the problem, offers the discussion, gives the people the takeaway. That's the general pattern I try to follow with my abstracts now, so I'm biased.

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