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Table 1 List of abbreviations

From: A novel dynamic source routing (DSR) protocol based on minimum execution time scheduling and moth flame optimization (MET-MFO)

Abbreviation

Description

MANETs

Mobile ad hoc networks

DSR

Dynamic source routing

MET

Minimum execution time

MFO

Moth flame optimization

BEE-DSR

Bee DSR

BeeIP

Bee-inspired protocol

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

RREQ

Route request

RREP

Route reply

RERR

Route error

E-Ant-DSR

Enhanced ant colony DSR

ACO

Ant colony optimization

ABC

Artificial bee colony

GA-BFO

Genetic algorithm with a bacteria foraging algorithm

GA

Genetic algorithm

PSO

Particle swarm optimization

LDC

Least distance clustering

WSN

Wireless sensor network

QoS

Quality of service

GPS

Global Positioning System

MAC

Medium access control

CRAWDAD

Community Resource for Archiving Wireless Data At Dartmouth

VANETs

Vehicular ad hoc networks