% Define an abbreviation (acronym)
% Acronyms for the thesis
\newacronym{ml}{ML}{machine learning}
\newacronym{stft}{STFT}{short-time fourier transform}
\newacronym{ai}{AI}{artificial intelligence}
\newacronym{dl}{DL}{deep learning}
\newacronym{nn}{NN}{neural network}
\newacronym{fft}{FFT}{fast fourier transform}
\newacronym{svm}{SVM}{support vector machine}
\newacronym{cnn}{CNN}{convolutional neural network}
\newacronym{rnn}{RNN}{recurrent neural network}
\newacronym{vbi}{VBI}{vibration-based inspection}
\newacronym{shm}{SHM}{structural health monitoring}
\newacronym{fea}{FEA}{finite element analysis}
\newacronym{1d-cnn}{1-D CNN}{\textit{One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network}}
\newacronym{pca}{PCA}{\textit{principal component analysis}}
% rbf
\newacronym{rbf}{RBF}{\textit{radial basis function}}
% cm
\newacronym{cm}{CM}{\textit{confusion matrix}}
\newacronym{tsne}{t-SNE}{\textit{t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding}}
\newacronym{pacmap}{PaCMAP}{\textit{Pairwise Controlled Manifold Approximation Projection}}
% AR
\newacronym{ar}{AR}{\textit{autoregressive}}
% residual error
\newacronym{re}{RE}{\textit{residual error}}
% ae
\newacronym{ae}{AE}{\textit{autoencoder}}
% lr
\newacronym{lr}{LR}{\textit{logistic regression}}
% ann
\newacronym{ann}{ANN}{\textit{artificial neural network}}
% wt
\newacronym{wt}{WT}{\textit{wavelet transform}}
% oc-svm
\newacronym{oc-svm}{OC-SVM}{\textit{one-class support vector machine}}
% lstm
\newacronym{lstm}{LSTM}{\textit{long short-term memory}}
% ga
\newacronym{ga}{GA}{\textit{genetic algorithm}}
% ht
\newacronym{ht}{HT}{\textit{Hilbert Transform}}
% vmd
\newacronym{vmd}{VMD}{\textit{Variational Mode Decomposition}}
% qugs
\newacronym{qugs}{QUGS}{\textit{Qatar University Grandstand Simulator}}
% rcnn
\newacronym{r-cnn}{R-CNN}{\textit{Region-based Convolutional Neural Network}}