## 5 Proposed Dynamic Cluster Head Election Algorithm
### Proposed Dynamic Re-Clustering and Self-Organization Method
#### 5.2.2 Dead Nodes and Re-Clustering Organization
All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This research was partially funded by King Khalid University Scientific Research Group, grant number R. G. P. 1/127/42; by FCT/MCTES through national funds and when applicable co-funded EU funds under the project UIDB/50008/2020; by the Government of Russian Federation, Grant 08-08; by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) via Grant No. 313036/2020-9 and \"The APC was funded by King Khalid University\". **Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest. ## References

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