| LC | Lung cancer |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| VOC | Volatile organic molecules |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| e-nose | Electronic noses |
| QCM | Quartz crystal microbalance |
| MOS | Metal oxide semiconductor |
| TUBITAK | The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey |
| FL | Fuzzy logic |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| LDA | Linear discriminant analysis |
| HnS | Healthy non-smokers |
| HS | Healthy smoker |
| DT | Decision tree |
| RF | Random forest |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| k-NN | k-nearest neighbor |
| SVM | Support vector machine |
| GA | Genetic algorithm |
| PSO | Particle swarm optimization |
| SA | Simulated annealing |
| IWO | Invasive weed optimization |
| AEO | Artificial ecosystem-based optimization |