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13 \item[WSN] Wireless Sensor Network
14 \item[DILCO] Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization
15 \item[MuDiLCO] Multiround Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization
16 \item[PeCO] Perimeter-based Coverage Optimization
17 \item[OMNeT++] Objective Modular Network Testbed
18 \item[DESK] Distributed Energy-efficient Scheduling for K-coverage
19 \item[GAF] Geographical Adaptive Fidelity
20 \item[PDA] Personal Digital Assistant
21 \item[WLAN] Wireless Local-Area Network
22 \item[MEMS] Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
23 \item[ADC] Analog to Digital Converters
24 \item[VCO] Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
25 \item[PLL] Phase-Locked Loop
26 \item[GPS] Global Positioning System
27 \item[OS] Operating System
28 \item[CMOS] Complementary Metal-Oxide-Silicon
29 \item[MAV] Micro Aerial Vehicle
30 \item[ECG] Electrocardiogram
31 \item[SCADA] Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
32 \item[QoS] Quality of Service
33 \item[DSC] Disjoint Set Covers
34 \item[MIP] Mixed Integer Programming
35 \item[LP] Linear Programming
36 \item[GAS] Geometrically based Activity Scheduling
37 \item[NCG] Node Coverage Grouping
38 \item[CG] Column Generation
39 \item[MLP] Maximum-network Lifetime Problem
40 \item[RMP] Restricted Master Problem
41 \item[PS] Pricing Subproblem
42 \item[GRASP] Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure
43 \item[VNS] Variable Neighborhood Search
44 \item[CSB] Cover Sets Balance
45 \item[CNSC] Correlated Node Set Computing
46 \item[HREF] High Residual Energy First
47 \item[SHM] Structural Health Monitoring
48 \item[ESA] Effective Sensing Area
49 \item[MSCR] Maximum Sensing Coverage Region
50 \item[DASSA] Distributed Adaptive Sleep Scheduling Algorithm
51 \item[DTGA] Distributed Truncated Greedy Algorithm
52 \item[FIT] Future Internet of the Things
53 \item[GUI] Graphical User Interface
54 \item[NED] NEtwork Description
55 \item[ns-2] Network Simulator-2
56 \item[OPNET] Optimized Network Engineering tool
57 \item[GloMoSim] Global Mobile System Simulator
58 \item[SENSE] Sensor Network Simulator and Emulator
59 \item[GTSNetS] Georgia Tech Sensor Network Simulator
60 \item[GNU] GNU's Not Unix
61 \item[GLPK] GNU Linear Programming Kit
62 \item[MPS] Mathematical Programming System
63 \item[COIN-OR] Linear Programming
64 \item[BCP] Branch Cut and Price
65 \item[CBC] COIN-OR Branch and Cut
66 \item[OPL] Optimization Programming Language
67 \item[QP] Quadratic Programming
68 \item[QCP] Quadratically Constrained Programming
69 \item[MILP] Mixed Integer Linear Programming
70 \item[MIQP] Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming
71 \item[MIQCP] Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Programming
72 \item[AIMMS] Advanced Interactive Multidimensional Modeling System
73 \item[AMPL] A Mathematical Programming Language
74 \item[GAMS] General Algebraic Modeling System
75 \item[MPL] Mathematical Programming Language
76 \item[UAV] Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
77 \item[WSNL] Wireless Sensor Node Leader
78 \item[MCU] Microcontroller Unit
79 \item[CR] Coverage Ratio
80 \item[EC] Energy Consumption
81 \item[ASR] Active Sensors Ratio