BZS	basic z-score
c-OFDR	coherent optical frequency domain reflectometry
DFOS	distributed fiber optic sensor
DSS	distributed strain sensing
FNC	forward neighbor comparison
GTM	geometric threshold method
HF-SRA	harmful strain reading anomaly
HL-SRA	harmless strain reading anomaly
MAD	median absolute deviation
MZS	modified z-score
OSCP	outlier-specific correction procedure
NaN	not a number
ODiSI	optical distributed sensor interrogator
RS	reverse sweep
SHM	structural health monitoring
RMSE	root mean square error
ME	mean error
SRA	strain reading anomaly
SMZS	sliding modified z-score
SSQ	spectral shift quality
WCM	weighted confusion measure
WHZ	Whitaker–Hayes z-score
${\alpha }_{\mathrm{WCM}}$	weighted confusion measure for false positives
${\beta }_{\mathrm{WCM}}$	weighted confusion measure for false negatives