Table 1 The abbreviations in this paper

Local area network

LAN

Multi-objective computation offloading method for workflow application

MCOWA

Mobile device(s)

MD(s)

Mobile edge computing

MEC

Mobile user(s)

MU(s)

Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II

NSGA-II

Quality of service

QoS

Virtual machine(s)

VMs

Workflow application(s)

WA(s)

Wide area network

WAN