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20202025
most citedDynamoRep: Trajectory-Based Population Dynamics for Classification of Black-box Optimization Problems

10 citations · 14 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.NE2025

ClustOpt: A Clustering-based Approach for Representing and Visualizing the Search Dynamics of Numerical Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms

Gjorgjina Cenikj, Gašper Petelin, Tome Eftimov

Understanding the behavior of numerical metaheuristic optimization algorithms is critical for advancing their development and application. Traditional visualization techniques, suc…

cs.NE2025

Comparing Optimization Algorithms Through the Lens of Search Behavior Analysis

Gjorgjina Cenikj, Gašper Petelin, Tome Eftimov

The field of numerical optimization has recently seen a surge in the development of "novel" metaheuristic algorithms, inspired by metaphors derived from natural or human-made proce…

cs.LG2025

The Pitfalls of Benchmarking in Algorithm Selection: What We Are Getting Wrong

Gašper Petelin, Gjorgjina Cenikj

Algorithm selection, aiming to identify the best algorithm for a given problem, plays a pivotal role in continuous black-box optimization. A common approach involves representing o…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

A Survey of Features Used for Representing Black-box Single-objective Continuous Optimization

Gjorgjina Cenikj, Ana Nikolikj, Gašper Petelin +3

This survey examines key advancements in designing features to represent optimization problem instances, algorithm instances, and their interactions within the context of single-ob…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Dealing with zero-inflated data: achieving SOTA with a two-fold machine learning approach

Jože M. Rožanec, Gašper Petelin, João Costa +5

In many cases, a machine learning model must learn to correctly predict a few data points with particular values of interest in a broader range of data where many target values are…

cs.LG2023★ 10 cited

DynamoRep: Trajectory-Based Population Dynamics for Classification of Black-box Optimization Problems

Gjorgjina Cenikj, Gašper Petelin, Carola Doerr +2

The application of machine learning (ML) models to the analysis of optimization algorithms requires the representation of optimization problems using numerical features. These feat…

cs.DS2020

Four algorithms to solve symmetric multi-type non-negative matrix tri-factorization problem

Rok Hribar, Timotej Hrga, Gregor Papa +4

In this paper, we consider the symmetric multi-type non-negative matrix tri-factorization problem (SNMTF), which attempts to factorize several symmetric non-negative matrices simul…