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Performance of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 coexistence: spectrum sharing based on optimized duty cycle

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp386-400
Asmaa Helmy Zaid , Fayez Wanis Zaki , Hala Bahy-Eldeen Nafea
Smart mobile device usage is increasing rapidly; hence, cellular operators face the challenge of spectrum resource shortage. To address this issue, researchers have explored several approaches to achieving a highly efficient utilization of wireless communication network resources. One promising solution lies in the fair coexistence of 5G/Wi-Fi 6 in the unlicensed 5 GHz band. This research investigates a duty cycle mechanism to perform fair spectrum sharing between these two wireless technologies, intending to optimize performance metrics such as throughput, capacity, bit error rate (BER), and latency. The results of this study demonstrate a significant improvement in system performance when employing the proposed coexistence method compared to using 5G alone in a single cell. Specifically, a 40% increase in throughput and a 14% improvement in capacity are reported. Moreover, for a single cell using Wi-Fi 6 only, the BER was reduced by 19%, and the latency was less than one millisecond. Additionally, the duty cycle mechanism reported here is used to prioritize call services, with the blocking probability for voice-over internet protocol (VoIP) and video stream calls being improved. Furthermore, the adaptive bandwidth reservation reduced the blocking probability of video calls from 21.8% to 0.9% compared to the fixed method; no VoIP calls were blocked.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 386-400
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Factors that contribute to the sustainability of graduate education in Malaysian research-based universities

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.28023
Mohd Fathi Sariman , Zaidatun Tasir , Noor Hazarina Hashim
Today, research is a crucial agenda of universities, and graduate education plays an important role in producing research, publications, and innovation. Thus, the quality of graduate education among Malaysian research universities must be enhanced by exploring the factors that contribute to the sustainability of graduate education. This is done systematically based on relevant literatures and experts’ opinions in graduate education. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify factors that contribute to the sustainability of graduate education among Malaysian research-based universities (RUs). Findings demonstrate that the factors are governance of graduate education, quality of supervision, quality of programs, quality of students, research facilities, research ecosystem, and financial assistance.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 17-27
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Bitcoin volatility forecasting: a comparative analysis of conventional econometric models with deep learning models

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp614-623
Nrusingha Tripathy , Debahuti Mishra , Sarbeswara Hota , Sashikala Mishra , Gobinda Chandra Das , Sasanka Sekhar Dalai , Subrat Kumar Nayak
The behavior of the Bitcoin market is dynamic and erratic, impacted by a range of elements including news developments and investor mood. One well-known aspect of bitcoin is its extreme volatility. This study uses both conventional econometric techniques and deep learning algorithms to anticipate the volatility of Bitcoin returns. The research is based on historical Bitcoin price data spanning October 2014 to February 2022, which was obtained using the Yahoo Finance API. In this work, we contrast the efficacy of generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) and threshold ARCH (TARCH) models with long short-term memory (LSTM), bidirectional LSTM (Bi-LSTM), and multivariate Bi-LSTM models. Model effectiveness is evaluated by means of root mean squared error (RMSE) and root mean squared percentage error (RMSPE) scores. The multivariate Bi-LSTM model emerges as mostly effective, achieving an RMSE score of 0.0425 and an RMSPE score of 0.1106. This comparative scrutiny contributes to understanding the dynamics of Bitcoin volatility prediction, offering insights that can inform investment strategies and risk management practices in this quickly changing environment of finance.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 614-623
Publish at: 2025-02-01

A new enterprise architecture-based approach for smart city value co-creation

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp767-782
Meryeme El Houari , M'barek El Haloui , Badia Ettaki
In an era marked by vertiginous technological advancements and urban complexities, digital transformation has emerged to enable cities to offer smart services. This transformation optimizes interaction and collaboration between smart city actors, instead of working in isolated silos. There is a real need for a federative approach that can be aligned with urban vision and goals to support smart city implementation. In this context, enterprise architecture (EA) is emerging as a pivotal force reshaping smart city and supporting its development and transformation. However, the successful implementation of smart city depends also on the collaborative effort to co-create value among city's stakeholders. The present study develops a new approach based on enterprise architecture within the smart city ecosystem. Through methodical delineation our approach seeks to enhance value co-creation, improve smarter service design, and support community engagement.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 767-782
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average with bidirectional long short-term memory for coconut yield prediction

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp783-791
Niranjan Shadaksharappa Jayanna , Raviprakash Madenur Lingaraju
Crop yield prediction helps farmers make informed decisions regarding the optimal timing for crop cultivation, taking into account environmental factors to enhance predictive accuracy and maximize yields. The existing methods require a massive amount of data, which is complex to acquire. To overcome this issue, this paper proposed a seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average-bidirectional long short-term memory (SARIMA-BiLSTM) for coconut yield prediction. The collected dataset is preprocessed through a label encoder and min-max normalization is employed to change non-numeric features into numerical features and enhance model performance. The preprocessed features are selected through an adaptive strategy-based whale optimization algorithm (AS-WOA) to avoid local optima issues. Then, the selected features are given to the SARIMA-BiLSTM to predict the coconut yields. The proposed SARIMA-BiLSTM is adaptable to handling a widespread of various seasonal patterns and captures spatial features. The SARIMA-BiLSTM performance is estimated through the coefficient of determination (R2), mean absolute error (MAE), mean squared error (MSE), and root mean square error (RMSE). SARIMA-BiLSTM attains 0.84 of R2, 0.056 of MAE, 0.081 of MSE, and 0.907 of RMSE which is better when compared to existing techniques like multilayer stacked ensemble, convolutional neural network and deep neural network (CNN-DNN) and autoregressive moving average (ARIMA).
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 783-791
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Discrete optimization model for multi-product multi-supplier vehicle routing problem with relaxed time window

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp592-603
Muliawan Firdaus , Herman Mawengkang , Tulus Tulus , Sawaluddin Sawaluddin
This study examines the complicated logistics optimization issue known as the vehicle routing problem for multi-product and multi-suppliers(VRP-MPMS), which deals with the effective routing of a fleet of vehicles to convey numerous items from multiple suppliers to a set of consumers. In this problem, products from various suppliers need to be delivered to different customers while considering vehicle capacity constraints, time windows, and minimizing transportation costs. We propose a hybrid approach that combines a generalized reduced gradient method to identify feasible regions with a feasible neighborhood search to achieve optimal or near-optimal solutions. The aim of the exact method is to get the region of feasible solution. Then we explore the region using feasible neighborhood search, to get an integer feasible optimal (suboptimal) solution. Computational experiments demonstrate that our model and method effectively reduce transportation costs while satisfying vehicle capacity constraints and relaxed time windows. Our findings provide a viable solution for improving logistics operations in real-world scenarios.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 592-603
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Measuring Vietnamese-speaking English as a foreign language students’ socio-emotional skills

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.30099
Do Minh Hung , Le Thanh Nguyet Anh , Vo Phan Thu Ngan , Pham Van Tac , Bui Thanh Tinh
Socio-emotional skills are crucial in learning processes and academic performances, but research in this field among college students, especially among Vietnamese-speaking students majoring in English as a foreign language (EFL) is still rare. Thus, the study attempts to fill this gap. As the first necessary part of a larger research project, the present study measured the target population’s socio-emotional skills via a 30-item questionnaire scale made up of two core components (the self and the others) embracing five subcomponents (self-awareness, self-regulation, self-utilization, empathy, and social skills). The sample group of 615 EFL majors from a university in Vietnam was surveyed. Statistic survey results show that the group appeared to reach a high level of socio-emotional skills in general. In addition, there was no significant gap between two core components, but five subcomponents stood out in a descending magnitude line of self-awareness>self-utilization, empathy>social skills>self-regulation. These significant findings provide constructive guidance needed for our research team to project instructional action plans in the subsequent phases. It also provokes further research on similar strands within Vietnam and beyond.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 739-748
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Development of a teacher competency model in game-based learning: a need analysis

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.31831
Jinchuan Jiang , Azidah Abu Ziden
This paper conducts a need analysis study to identify the requirements for developing a competency model for teachers implementing game-based learning (GBL) in Chinese secondary schools. Additionally, it investigates the practices and challenges of teachers while implementing this pedagogical approach. Through a quantitative survey involving 384 teachers, key findings reveal significant challenges, such as technological issues, limited instructional time, a lack of high-quality games aligned with the curriculum, and inadequate teacher training. The majority of teachers expressed a positive attitude towards game-based learning but reported limited classroom usage due to these obstacles. The results highlight the need for the development of a competency model tailored to game-based learning teachers, emphasizing the importance of structured training opportunities. Such a model would provide essential guidance and support, enabling teachers to enhance their competencies and effectively integrate game-based learning into their teaching practices. Consequently, the next step of this research is to design and develop a comprehensive competency model that encompasses both technological and pedagogical skills, which will aim to enhance teacher preparedness and improve the integration of game-based learning in education, ultimately benefiting student engagement and learning outcomes.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 621-628
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Hybrid long short-term memory and decision tree model for optimizing patient volume predictions in emergency departments

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp669-676
Ahmed Abatal , Mourad Mzili , Zakaria Benlalia , Hajar Khallouki , Toufik Mzili , Mohammed El Kaim Billah , Laith Abualigah
In this study, we address critical operational inefficiencies in emergency departments (EDs) by developing a hybrid predictive model that integrates long short-term memory (LSTM) networks with decision trees (DT). This model significantly enhances the prediction of patient volumes, a key factor in reducing wait times, optimizing resource allocation, and improving overall service quality in hospitals. By accurately forecasting the number of incoming patients, our model facilitates the efficient distribution of both human and material resources, tailored specifically to anticipated demand. Furthermore, this predictive accuracy ensures that EDs can maintain high service standards even during peak times, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes and more effective use of healthcare facilities. This paper demonstrates how advanced data analytics can be leveraged to solve some of the most pressing challenges faced by emergency medical services today.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 669-676
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Negative-sequence current filter based on inductance coils

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp24-35
Mark Kletsel , Bauyrzhan Mashrapov , Rizagul Mashrapova , Alexandr Kislov
The construction of new relay protection systems without the use of current transformers is a fundamental problem of electro energetics, which has not yet been solved. This works suggests a negative-sequence current filter which receives information from inductance coils (ICs) mounted at a safe distance in the magnetic field of phase currents. This filter does not require current transformers, thus saving high-quality copper, steel, and expensive high-voltage insulation in amount unprecedented for relay protection (a 6 to 110 kV current transformer has 19 to 480 kg in weight). A circuit (including functional diagnostics) and a technique for selecting the parameters of filter components and the points where ICs should be fixed are presented; a structure for IC fastening is described. Computer simulation and experiment were used for data collection. The data show that i) the filter conversion coefficient m= 1.6, and imbalance increases by 7% at the network frequency f= 48–52 Hz; ii) protections based on this filter should have a time delay; iii) the filter is not inferior to well-known well-tested filters with current transformers; and iv) it is functional, but can only be used for single-standing electrical installations.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 24-35
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Communication competence model: how to train ability to say what you really mean

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.29806
Nataliia Glushanytsia , Tetyana Tarnavska , Nadiia Chernukha , Zoriana Krupnyk , Dmytro Kostenko
Business is becoming increasingly multinational. Non-native language communication is a background activity for many jobs and a challenge for those whose first language is not English. The problem is that a non-native language activity distracts attention, increases the risk of misunderstanding, and reduces the effectiveness of professional communication. The article aims to present a Foreign Language Communicative Competence model that is a way to solve the problem and enables fluent, errorless communication that supports professional activity. The main question of the research is what learning conditions, methods and strategies, approaches, and technologies provide the development of foreign language communication competence. We used questionnaires, interviews, psychological diagnostic techniques, observations, and a pedagogical experiment in the research. The pedagogical experiments occurred at the National Aviation University in the 2021 to 2022 academic year. Two groups of second-year students majoring in “Aviation Maintenance” were involved. The experiment outcomes show the enhanced level of students’ foreign language communication competence, motivation, and engagement in learning. The developed model contributes to the ability to concentrate on the job and make quick decisions under the influence of psychological factors like time pressure, stress, or noise while speaking a foreign language.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 708-719
Publish at: 2025-02-01

The effects of design-based art activities on students’ spatial thinking skills

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.30911
Sehran Dilmaç , Oğuz Dilmaç
This study was conducted to determine the effects of design-based learning (DBL) on students’ spatial thinking skills in architectural design education. Spatial thinking skills are of great importance in the architectural design process for architecture students to perceive and comprehend both the surrounding architectural spaces and the architectural product they design from different dimensions and perspectives. In order to gain this skill, DBL approaches based on a cooperative learning approach, which allow students to actively participate in the learning process, were applied. It was tested whether the DBL approach would increase students’ spatial thinking skills and develop skills, such as visual structuring skills, creativity, multidimensional and abstract thinking skills, imagination, problem solving, and multi-function execution. The research model is a pre-test-post-test control group quasi-experimental design. Data were obtained using the spatial thinking skills test. Based on the findings obtained as a result of the research, it was determined that the DBL approach applied in the color and texture course was effective on the spatial thinking skills of 2nd-year architecture students.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 260-268
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Pyramidal microwave absorbers: leveraging ceramic materials for improved electromagnetic interference shielding

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp435-447
Nur Shafikah Rosli , Hasnain Abdullah , Linda Mohd Kasim , Samihah Abdullah , Mohd Nasir Taib , Shafaq Mardhiyana Mohamat Kasim , Norhayati Mohd Noor , Azizah Ahmad
This study presents the development and optimization of pyramidal microwave absorbers designed for efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) reduction in anechoic chambers. Based on prior research, this work transitions from conventional flat cement-carbon absorbers to a novel pyramidal design, incorporating silicon carbide (SiC) as ceramic materials. Introducing ceramic materials into the cement-carbon composite aims to enhance absorption across a broader frequency range while maintaining structural integrity. The study evaluates five sets of pyramidal absorbers with varying SiC content within the 1–12 GHz frequency range. Reflectivity performance was assessed using the naval research laboratory (NRL) Arch free space method at a 0° incidence angle. Among the tested absorbers, the set containing 10% SiC demonstrated superior performance, achieving minimum and maximum reflectivity values of -26.6215 and -55.2752 dB, respectively, particularly in the C-band. The findings highlight the significant impact of material composition and porosity on the absorber's effectiveness, providing valuable insights for the future design of high-performance EMI absorbers.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 435-447
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Families’ involvement at schools: the perspective of the psychosocial duos

10.11591/ijere.v14i1.28290
Andrea Precht Gandarillas , Yasna Anabalón Anabalón
This article aims to investigate the perspective on family involvement of social workers and school psychologists. Based on a qualitative study, we analyzed a corpus of four interviews with psychosocial duos from state-subsidized public schools. We analyzed these interviews by conducting a thematic analysis. The results show that for these professionals, family involvement would ensure the educability of students in a framework of individual parental responsibility, understanding the efforts of schools as a support to the work of parents and guardians. The consequences and relationships of these perspectives for the work with school communities in the framework of public education are discussed.
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page: 433-441
Publish at: 2025-02-01

Enhancing sentiment analysis through deep layer integration with long short-term memory networks

10.11591/ijece.v15i1.pp949-957
Parul Dubey , Pushkar Dubey , Hitesh Gehani
This involves studying one of the most important parts of natural language processing (NLP): sentiment, or whether a thing that makes a sentence is neutral, positive, or negative. This paper presents an enhanced long short-term memory (LSTM) network for the sentiment analysis task using an additional deep layer to capture sublevel patterns from the word input. So, the process that we followed in our approach is that we cleaned the data, preprocessed it, built the model, trained the model, and finally tested it. The novelty here lies in the additional layer in the architecture of LSTM model, which improves the model performance. We added a deep layer with the intention of improving accuracy and generalizing the model. The results of the experiment are analyzed using recall, F1-score, and accuracy, which in turn show that the deep-layered LSTM model gives us a better prediction. The LSTM model outperformed the baseline in terms of accuracy, recall, and f1-score. The deep layer's forecast accuracy increased dramatically once it was trained to capture intricate sequences. However, the improved model overfitted, necessitating additional regularization and hyperparameter adjustment. In this paper, we have discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using deep layers in LSTM networks and their application to developing models for deep learning with better-performing sentiment analysis.
Volume: 15
Issue: 1
Page: 949-957
Publish at: 2025-02-01
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