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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">sesj</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>Stardom Scientific Journal of Natural and Engineering Sciences</journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">2980-3756</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Stardom University</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.70170/wbysd9873020134</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">21</article-id>
<title-group><article-title>Reinforcement Learning and Q-Learning for Resource Allocation in MIMO Network with Intelligent Reflective Surfaces</article-title></title-group>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
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<surname>Khudhair Salih Turfa</surname>
<given-names>Jasim</given-names>
</name>
<aff><institution>Electrical and Computer Engineering College, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey</institution></aff>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Bayat</surname>
<given-names>Oguz</given-names>
</name>
<aff><institution>Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey</institution></aff>
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<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
<day>25</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>3</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>19</lpage>
<permissions><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</license-p></license></permissions>
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<abstract><p>This research invokes a hybrid technique based on combining two intelligent algorithms of R-learning and Q-learning processes applicable to modern wireless communication systems based on IRS and MIMO networks. R-learning determines whether actions are desired according to signal quality criteria, while Q-learning localizes the user through generating a criterion based on minimum BER response. The combination achieves a significant reduction in BER of the received signal, approaching the ideal case without noise or fading effects. An analytical study comparing increasing IRS elements versus algorithmic solutions shows significant enhancement in signal quality with increasing IRS elements.</p></abstract>
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