+\item[MCU] Microcontroller Unit
+\item[MEMS] Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
+\item[MILP] Mixed Integer Linear Programming
+\item[MIP] Mixed Integer Programming
+\item[MIQP] Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming
+\item[MIQCP] Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Programming
+\item[MLP] Maximum-network Lifetime Problem
+\item[MPL] Mathematical Programming Language
+\item[MPS] Mathematical Programming System
+\item[MSCR] Maximum Sensing Coverage Region
+\item[MuDiLCO] Multiround Distributed Lifetime Coverage Optimization
+\item[NCG] Node Coverage Grouping
+\item[NED] NEtwork Description
+\item[ns-2] Network Simulator-2
+\item[OMNeT++] Objective Modular Network Testbed
+\item[OPL] Optimization Programming Language
+\item[OPNET] Optimized Network Engineering Tool
+\item[OS] Operating System
+\item[PDA] Personal Digital Assistant
+\item[PeCO] Perimeter-based Coverage Optimization
+\item[PLL] Phase-Locked Loop
+\item[PS] Pricing Subproblem
+\item[QCP] Quadratically Constrained Programming
+\item[QoS] Quality of Service
+\item[QP] Quadratic Programming
+\item[RMP] Restricted Master Problem