: MCDM-Based Interest Forwarding and Cooperative Data Caching for Named Data Networking

Table 1

Notations.

Notation	Meaning
M	Decision matrix
	The outgoing interface alternative
	The network metrics
	Crisp value of related to
	Normalized decision matrix
	Weighted normalized decision matrix
	Relative weight of
	Separation between and positive-ideal solution
	Separation between and negative-ideal solution
	Forwarding index of
	System parameter for adopting CacheData
	System parameter for adopting CacheFace
	The number of hops to the data producer
	The number of hops to the boarder router