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7636
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Overview

Iztok Fister is affiliated with the University of Maribor in Slovenia and has contributed extensively to the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence. Their body of work spans several subfields including Information Systems, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research topics cover a range of areas centered around data and algorithmic methods, with significant attention to Data Mining Algorithms and Applications, Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications, Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic, Machine Learning and Data Classification, Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques, and Neural Networks and Applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Iztok Fister include Akemi Gálvez, Andrés Iglesias, Vili Podgorelec, and Dušan Fister.

Their recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research interests and include:

  • A Systematic Literature Review of Intelligent Data Analysis Methods for Smart Sport Training (2020), published in Applied Sciences
  • Datasets for phishing websites detection (2020), published in Data in Brief
  • Human-Centered AI in Smart Farming: Toward Agriculture 5.0 (2024), published in IEEE Access
  • Human Gait Activity Recognition Machine Learning Methods (2023), published in Sensors
  • A comprehensive database of Nature-Inspired Algorithms (2020), published in Data in Brief

Iztok Fister has published in several reputable venues frequently, such as arXiv (Cornell University), Applied Sciences, IEEE Access, Mathematics, and Data in Brief.

In addition to research articles, they have contributed to book publications, including titles released by Springer Science+Business Media and the University of Maribor. Notable books include Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (2022) and Priročnik za računalniške vaje pri predmetu Orodja za razvoj aplikacij (2021).

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive review of firefly algorithms

    Iztok Fister;Xin-She Yang;Janez Brest

  • A Brief Review of Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimization

    Iztok Fister;Xin-She Yang;Janez Brest

  • Swarm Intelligence Algorithms for Feature Selection: A Review

    Lucija Brezočnik;Iztok Fister;Vili Podgorelec

  • Sensors and Functionalities of Non-Invasive Wrist-Wearable Devices: A Review

    Aida Kamišalić;Iztok Fister;Muhamed Turkanović;Sašo Karakatič

  • A review of chaos-based firefly algorithms

    Iztok Fister;Matjaž Perc;Salahuddin M. Kamal

  • Planning the sports training sessions with the bat algorithm

    Iztok Fister;Samo Rauter;Xin-She Yang;Karin Ljubič

  • Toward the Discovery of Citation Cartels in Citation Networks

    Iztok Fister;Matjaž Perc

  • Modified firefly algorithm using quaternion representation

    Iztok Fister;Xin-She Yang;Xin-She Yang;Janez Brest

  • A Discrete and Improved Bat Algorithm for solving a medical goods distribution problem with pharmacological waste collection

    Eneko Osaba;Xin-She Yang;Iztok Fister;Javier Del Ser;Javier Del Ser

  • Cuckoo Search: A Brief Literature Review

    Iztok Fister;Xin-She Yang;Dušan Fister

  • A novel hybrid self-adaptive bat algorithm.

    Iztok Fister;Simon Fong;Janez Brest

  • A Systematic Literature Review of Intelligent Data Analysis Methods for Smart Sport Training

    Alen Rajšp;Iztok Fister Fister

  • Multi-Objective Differential Evolution for feature selection in Facial Expression Recognition systems

    Uro Mlakar;Iztok Fister;Janez Brest;Boidar Potonik

  • Human-Centered AI in Smart Farming: Toward Agriculture 5.0

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  • Memetic firefly algorithm for combinatorial optimization

    I Fister;I Fister;J Brest;X-S Yang

  • Hybrid self-adaptive cuckoo search for global optimization

    Uroš Mlakar;Iztok Fister

  • A comprehensive review of cuckoo search: variants and hybrids

    Iztok Fister;Dušan Fister

  • A hybrid bat algorithm

    Iztok Fister;Dusan Fister;Xin-She Yang

  • Memetic artificial bee colony algorithm for large-scale global optimization

    Iztok Fister;Iztok Jr. Fister;Janez BresViljem Zumer

  • Datasets for phishing websites detection.

    Grega Vrbančič;Iztok Fister;Vili Podgorelec

  • Memetic Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Large-Scale Global Optimization

    Iztok Fister;Janez Brest;Viljem Žumer

  • Bat algorithm: Recent advances

    Iztok Fister;Xin-She Yang;Simon Fong;Yan Zhuang

Frequent Co-Authors

Janez Brest
Janez Brest University of Maribor
Javier Del Ser
Javier Del Ser University of the Basque Country
Xin-She Yang
Xin-She Yang Middlesex University
Marjan Mernik
Marjan Mernik University of Maribor
Suash Deb
Suash Deb C. V. Raman Global University
Simon Fong
Simon Fong University of Macau
Matjaž Perc
Matjaž Perc University of Maribor
Amir H. Gandomi
Amir H. Gandomi University of Technology Sydney
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz University of Alcalá

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