Measuring Affordability of the Middle Income Group for Residential House Price in Real Estate Sector of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Asaduzzaman Md, Hameem Sheikh — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:03:41 +0000

Housing affordability has been an indicator of socio-economic status. Due to the rapid urbanization of developing countries like Bangladesh the dousing demand is always on a high. This increasing demand opposite to a lack of supply makes houses unaffordable for the middle income groups in the metropolitan cities like Rajshahi. This research is carried out to examine the level of housing affordability of the middle income groups in Rajshahi by using Price to Income Ratio (PIR) approach. PIR is applied to the residential units provided by the Real Estate agencies, which reveals that these are moderate to severely unaffordable for the target group. It is hoped that this paper could be able to provide a clear understanding useful insight on housing affordability for the middle-income group of Rajshahi.

A Q-Learning Based Slice Admission Algorithm for Multi-Tier 5G Cellular Wireless Networks

Elizabeth M. Okumu — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:58:25 +0000

Network slicing enables a 5G infrastructure provider (network infrastructure owner) to create multiple separate virtual networks, each tailored at a specific performance requirement, on a common physical network. In this context, slice admission algorithms are required to process slice requests received by the infrastructure provider. These algorithms are tailored to admit and allocate resources to network slices in a manner that results in the optimization of a given objective. In this paper, a Q-learning slice admission algorithm, which maximizes the infrastructure provider’s revenue, is designed. Results show that the designed algorithm learns from its environment, which enables it to acquire knowledge about the multi-tiered cellular network, thus allowing it make optimal slice admission decisions. The results further show that the designed algorithm has superior performance in terms of revenue achieved when compared to algorithms that admit, a) to maximize immediate rewards and b) slices in a random manner.

American Academic Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences

Measuring Affordability of the Middle Income Group for Residential House Price in Real Estate Sector of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

A Q-Learning Based Slice Admission Algorithm for Multi-Tier 5G Cellular Wireless Networks