| BRF | Breadth-First |
| BTG | Backtracking Greedy |
| CH | Cluster Head |
| DPMB | Dynamic Path of Mobile Beacon algorithm |
| FIS | Fuzzy Logic Inference System |
| FL | Fuzzy Logic |
| FLC | Fuzzy Logic Controller |
| FLCFP | Fuzzy Logic Cluster Formation Protocol |
| FLPPL | Fuzzy-Logic based Path Planning for mobile anchor-assisted Localization |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| LMAT | Localization algorithm with a Mobile Anchor node based on Trilateration |
| MA | Mobile Anchor |
| MAALRH | Mobile Anchor-Assisted Localization algorithm based on a Regular Hexagon |
| NLA_MB | Node Localization Algorithm with Mobile Beacon node |
| PSO | Particle Swarm Optimization |
| RN | Reference Node |
| RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indicator |
| WCL | Weighted Centroid Localization algorithm |
| WCWCL | Weight-Compensated Weighted Centroid Localization |
| WSN | Wireless Sensor Network |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UN | Unknown Node |