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Overview

Marjan Mernik is affiliated with the University of Maribor in Slovenia. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Computer Science, contributing to various specialized subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Software, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Science Applications, and Information Systems.

They have contributed extensively to the study and development of algorithms and software engineering techniques. Their main topics of research cover metaheuristic optimization algorithms, evolutionary algorithms and their applications, model-driven software engineering techniques, advanced multi-objective optimization algorithms, software testing and debugging techniques, online learning and analytics, and broader software engineering research.

Marjan Mernik has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Matej Črepinšek, Miha Ravber, Tomaž Kosar, Shih-Hsi Liu, and Željko Kovačević. These partnerships have contributed to a substantial body of work presented in various scientific venues.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in the journal Mathematics, with twelve papers published there. Other significant publication venues include Applied Sciences, Applied Soft Computing, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Expert Systems with Applications.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Marjan Mernik are:

  • Computer Science Education in ChatGPT Era: Experiences from an Experiment in a Programming Course for Novice Programmers, 2024, Mathematics
  • A novel direct measure of exploration and exploitation based on attraction basins, 2020, Expert Systems with Applications
  • Maximum number of generations as a stopping criterion considered harmful, 2022, Applied Soft Computing
  • A Graph Pointer Network-Based Multi-Objective Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem, 2023, Mathematics
  • Determination of a Hysteresis Model Parameters with the Use of Different Evolutionary Methods for an Innovative Hysteresis Model, 2020, Mathematics

Best Publications

  • Self-Adapting Control Parameters in Differential Evolution: A Comparative Study on Numerical Benchmark Problems

    J. Brest;S. Greiner;B. Boskovic;M. Mernik

  • When and how to develop domain-specific languages

    Marjan Mernik;Jan Heering;Anthony M. Sloane

  • Exploration and exploitation in evolutionary algorithms: A survey

    Matej Črepinšek;Shih-Hsi Liu;Marjan Mernik

  • On clarifying misconceptions when comparing variants of the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm by offering a new implementation

    Marjan Mernik;Shih-Hsi Liu;Dervis Karaboga;Matej Črepinšek

  • Domain-Specific Languages

    Tomaž Kosar;Sudev Bohra;Marjan Mernik

  • A preliminary study on various implementation approaches of domain-specific language

    Toma Kosar;Pablo E. Martınez López;Pablo A. Barrientos;Marjan Mernik

  • Comparing general-purpose and domain-specific languages: An empirical study

    Tomaz Kosar;Nuno Oliveira;Marjan Mernik;Maria João Varanda Pereira

  • Replication and comparison of computational experiments in applied evolutionary computing: Common pitfalls and guidelines to avoid them

    Matej Črepinšek;Shih-Hsi Liu;Marjan Mernik

  • Guest Editors' Introduction: What Kinds of Nails Need a Domain-Specific Hammer?

    J. Sprinkle;M. Mernik;J.-P. Tolvanen;D. Spinellis

  • Program comprehension of domain-specific and general-purpose languages: comparison using a family of experiments

    Tomaž Kosar;Marjan Mernik;Jeffrey C. Carver

  • A chess rating system for evolutionary algorithms: A new method for the comparison and ranking of evolutionary algorithms

    Niki Veček;Marjan Mernik;Matej Črepinšek

  • LISA: An Interactive Environment for Programming Language Development

    Marjan Mernik;Mitja Lenic;Enis Avdicausevic;Viljem Zumer

  • Challenges and Directions in Formalizing the Semantics of Modeling Languages

    Barrett Richard Bryant;Jeffrey G. Gray;Marjan Mernik;Peter Clarke

  • Automatic generation of language-based tools using the LISA system

    Pedro Rangel Henriques;Maria João Varanda Pereira;Marjan Mernik;Mitja Lenic

  • A parameter control method of evolutionary algorithms using exploration and exploitation measures with a practical application for fitting Sovova's mass transfer model

    Shih-Hsi Liu;Marjan Mernik;Dejan HrnčIč;Matej RepinšEk

  • Is a comparison of results meaningful from the inexact replications of computational experiments

    Matej Črepinšek;Shih-Hsi Liu;Luka Mernik;Marjan Mernik

  • Ontology driven development of domain-specific languages

    Ines Ceh;Matej Crepinsek;Tomaz Kosar;Marjan Mernik

  • An educational tool for teaching compiler construction

    M. Mernik;V. Zumer

  • Parameter tuning with Chess Rating System (CRS-Tuning) for meta-heuristic algorithms

    Niki Veček;Marjan Mernik;Bogdan Filipič;Matej źrepinšek

  • Using Ontologies in the Domain Analysis of Domain-Specific Languages

    Robert Tairas;Marjan Mernik;Jeff Gray

  • Formal and Practical Aspects of Domain-Specific Languages: Recent Developments

    Marjan Mernik

  • Domain-Specific Languages: A Systematic Mapping Study

    Marjan Mernik

  • A Exploration and Exploitation in Evolutionary Algorithms: A Survey

    Matej Črepinšek;Shih-Hsi Liu;Marjan Mernik

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Gray
Jeff Gray University of Alabama
Iztok Fister
Iztok Fister University of Maribor
Janez Brest
Janez Brest University of Maribor
Jeffrey C. Carver
Jeffrey C. Carver University of Alabama
Bernhard Rumpe
Bernhard Rumpe RWTH Aachen University
Tim Menzies
Tim Menzies North Carolina State University
Charles Consel
Charles Consel Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux
Gabor Karsai
Gabor Karsai Vanderbilt University
Dervis Karaboga
Dervis Karaboga Erciyes University
Matti Rossi
Matti Rossi Aalto University

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