Papers by AMINU SULEIMAN USMAN
International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, 2015
Trust and reputation management represents a significant trend in tackling the emerging security ... more Trust and reputation management represents a significant trend in tackling the emerging security problems in computer networks. The basic idea is to let machines rate each other and then use the aggregated ratings to derive trust scores. Homophily i.e., love of the same, is the tendency of individuals to associate and bond with similar others mentioned in the social network, and the authors have discovered its presence, in term of nodes' attributes, in studying trust and reputation behaviors for the P2P oriented next generation of WSN. The simulation studies have confirmed the structural homophily, i.e., the similar way of connecting other nodes, is fostering trust characteristics and connections among peers.
RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING: Towards a Financing Mechanism for Overcoming Pre-Commercialization Barriers of Renewable Energy Financing System in Nigeria
International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Apr 1, 2012
ABSTRACT Nigeria is exploiting a new way of boosting its energy supply by utilizing all its avail... more ABSTRACT Nigeria is exploiting a new way of boosting its energy supply by utilizing all its available renewable energy resources. As a way of tackling the persisting energy crises in the country, renewable energy technology is being introduced into the nation's energy supply mix. However, the utilization of renewable energy technology innovation process is influenced at different stages by technology-push and market-pull forces that need to be managed and balanced by technology innovators, governments, financiers and eventually end-users. The problem today in Nigeria is the pre-commercialization financing gap that plaques new technology utilization developments and the financing mechanism needed to overcome these problems. Such financing gap is as a result of the quality of financing intermediation, debtor information, cost to banks and financing needs of renewable energy technology firms. In solving this problem, we considered three financing aspects of renewable energy technology that target the enhancement of the financing sector performance, such as sources of financing, policies for mitigating financing barriers and financing mechanism. The result shows that the development of renewable energy technology to sustainable use depends on financing mechanism that targets the pre-commercialization financing gap. INTRODUCTION:
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Papers by AMINU SULEIMAN USMAN