# An Optimized Hierarchical Cluster Formation Approach for Management of Smart Cities
## 3 Proposed Approach
### Proposed Protocol (ICSI Description)
; Methodology, S.S., I.S.A., M.F., W.E., R.A.T., I.S.A., M.F. and H.A.K. ; Validation, S.S., M.K.H., R.A.T. and H.A.K. ; Formal analysis, S.S., M.K.H., W.E. and H.A.K. ; Investigation, S.S.S., M.F. and R.A.T. ; Resources, S.S., M.K.H., W.E. and R.A.T. ; Data curation, I.S.A. and H.A.K. ; Writing--original draft, S.S., I.S.A. and W.E. ; Writing--review & editing, M.F., R.A.T. and H.A.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This research received no external funding. Not applicable. Data Availability Statement: Data is contained within the article. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Figure 8: Comparing the total data transmitted in the network. ## Abbreviations

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