| AAPE | Amplitude aware permutation entropy |
| ANN | Artificial neural network |
| ApEn | Approximate entropy |
| CMFDE | Composite multiscale fluctuation-based dispersion entropy |
| CNN | Convolutional neural network |
| CVs | Coefficients of variation |
| CWRU | Case Western Reserve University |
| CWT | Continuous wavelet transform |
| DE | Dispersion entropy |
| DLZC | Dispersion Lempel-Ziv complexity |
| EEMD | Ensemble empirical mode decomposition |
| ELM | Extreme learning machine |
| EMD | Empirical mode decomposition |
| FDE | Fluctuation-based dispersion entropy |
| FDLZC | Fluctuation-based DLZC |
| GA-ELM | Genetic algorithm optimized extreme learning machine |
| GRCMFE | Generalized refined composite multiscale fuzzy entropy |
| GSA-SVM | Gravitational search algorithm optimized support vector machine |
| HCNN | Hierarchical convolutional neural network |
| HFDE | Hierarchical fluctuation-based dispersion entropy |
| HRCMFDE | Hierarchical refined composite multiscale fluctuation-based dispersion entropy |
| IFBE | Improved frequency band entropy |
| IMFs | Intrinsic mode functions |
| KELM | Kernel extreme learning machine |
| k-NN | K-nearest neighbor |
| LMD | Local mean decomposition |
| LSVM | Linear support vector machine |
| LZC | Lempel-Ziv complexity |
| MAAPE | Multiscale amplitude aware permutation entropy |
| MFDE | Multiscale fluctuation-based dispersion entropy |
| MFPT | Machinery Fault Prevention Technology |
| M-RVM | Multiclass relevance vector machine |
| MSE | Multiscale entropy |
| MSST | Multi-synchro-squeezing transform |
| NCDF | Normal cumulative distribution function |
| NPLSSMM | Non-parallel least squares support matrix machine |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PE | Permutation entropy |
| PSO | Particle swarm optimization |
| PSO-ELM | Particle swarm optimization-based extreme learning machine |
| RCMFDE | Refined composite multiscale fluctuation-based dispersion entropy |
| RCMFDLZC | Refined composite multiscale FDLZC |
| RNN | Recurrent neural network |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SE | Sample entropy |
| SFC-DL | Sparse feature coding based on dictionary learning |
| SLFN | Single-hidden layer feedforward neural network |
| sps | sample per second |
| STMSST | Second-order time-reassigned multi-synchro-squeezing transform |
| SVM | Support vector machines |
| VMD | Variational mode decomposition |
| WGN | White Gaussian noise |
| WPT | Wavelet packet transform |
| WT | Wavelet transform |
| WTFD | Wavelet time-frequency diagram |