The current study evaluates the fnancial innovation life cycle for renewable energy investments. A novel model is proposed that has two stages. First, the fnancial innovation life cycle is weighted by the two-generation technology S-curve (TTSC) for renewable energy investments. Second, the TTSC...

A clustering-based undersampling (CUS) and distance-based near-miss method are widely used in current imbalanced learning algorithms, but this method has certain drawbacks. In particular, the CUS does not consider the influence of the distance factor on the majority of instances, and the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Social Network DeGroot Model: Consensus and convergence speed -- Chapter 3. Consensus reaching through adding minimum interactions -- Chapter 4. Strategic Manipulations with trust relationships -- Chapter 5. Risk control in the evolution of public opinions...

Financial technology (Fintech) makes a significant contribution to the financial system by reducing costs, providing higher quality services and increasing customer satisfaction. Hence, new studies play an essential role to improve Fintech investments. This study evaluates Fintech-based...