Classical Planning papers, 2023–2026

Key findings

• Classical Planning went from 24 papers in 2023 to 79 in 2026, roughly 3.3x in three years.
• NeurIPS publishes the most Classical Planning work: 75 papers from 2023 to 2026, 42% of the four-venue total.
• The fastest-growing overlap is with Multimodal LLMs: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 9 in 2026.
• Among the 5 topics under Games and Planning, it ranks #4 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Mechanism Design, is up 3.0x versus 3.3x here.

Representative papers

Spread across years and venues so every edition shows up

• NeurIPS 2026A Structured LLM Framework for Inorganic Material Synthesis Planning
• ICML 2026An Exponential Separation Between Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Classical Algorithms for Linear Systems
• ICLR 2026GTool: Graph Enhanced Tool Planning with Large Language Model
• CVPR 2026HQC-NBV A Hybrid Quantum-Classical View Planning Approach
• NeurIPS 2025\(\varepsilon\)-Optimally Solving Two-Player Zero-Sum POSGs
• ICML 2025Goal-Space Planning with Subgoal Models
• ICLR 2025From an LLM Swarm to a PDDL-empowered Hive: Planning Self-executed Instructions in a Multi-modal Jungle
• CVPR 2025Bridging Past and Future: End-to-End Autonomous Driving with Historical Prediction and Planning
• NeurIPS 2024WenMind: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models in Chinese Classical Literature and Language Arts
• ICML 2024A Bayesian Approach to Online Planning
• ICLR 2024Learning Planning Abstractions from Language
• CVPR 2024Why Not Use Your Textbook? Knowledge-Enhanced Procedure Planning of Instructional Videos
• NeurIPS 2023Experiment Planning with Function Approximation
• ICML 2023A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approach based on the Hadamard Transform for the Convolutional Layer
• ICLR 2023Fast and Precise: Adjusting Planning Horizon with Adaptive Subgoal Search
• CVPR 2023Planning-Oriented Autonomous Driving
• NeurIPS 2026Behaving Better, Thinking Worse: Sycophancy Across Post-Training Stages
• ICML 2026On the Ability of Transformers to Verify Plans
• ICLR 2026Experience-based Knowledge Correction for Robust Planning in Minecraft
• CVPR 2026No Labels No Look-Ahead Unsupervised Online Video Stabilization with Classical

All Classical Planning papers

179 papers, page 4 of 4

151. NeurIPS 2024Thought of Search: Planning with Language Models Through The Lens of Efficiency
152. NeurIPS 2024Towards Effective Planning Strategies for Dynamic Opinion Networks
153. NeurIPS 2024Ultrafast classical phylogenetic method beats large protein language models on variant effect prediction
154. NeurIPS 2024WenMind: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models in Chinese Classical Literature and Language Arts
155. NeurIPS 2024What type of inference is planning?
156. CVPR 2023PDPP:Projected Diffusion for Procedure Planning in Instructional Videos
157. CVPR 2023Planning-Oriented Autonomous Driving
158. ICLR 2023Fast and Precise: Adjusting Planning Horizon with Adaptive Subgoal Search
159. ICLR 2023Imitating Graph-Based Planning with Goal-Conditioned Policies
160. ICLR 2023Integrating Symmetry into Differentiable Planning with Steerable Convolutions
161. ICLR 2023Making Better Decision by Directly Planning in Continuous Control
162. ICLR 2023Mastering the Game of No-Press Diplomacy via Human-Regularized Reinforcement Learning and Planning
163. ICLR 2023Neuro-Symbolic Procedural Planning with Commonsense Prompting
164. ICLR 2023Planning Goals for Exploration
165. ICLR 2023Scaling up and Stabilizing Differentiable Planning with Implicit Differentiation
166. ICML 2023A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Approach based on the Hadamard Transform for the Convolutional Layer
167. ICML 2023FusionRetro: Molecule Representation Fusion via In-Context Learning for Retrosynthetic Planning
168. ICML 2023Neural Network Approximations of PDEs Beyond Linearity: A Representational Perspective
169. ICML 2023Optimistic Planning by Regularized Dynamic Programming
170. ICML 2023Provably Efficient Representation Learning with Tractable Planning in Low-Rank POMDP
171. ICML 2023Retrosynthetic Planning with Dual Value Networks
172. ICML 2023Transcendental Idealism of Planner: Evaluating Perception from Planning Perspective for Autonomous Driving
173. NeurIPS 2023Accelerating Motion Planning via Optimal Transport
174. NeurIPS 2023AdaPlanner: Adaptive Planning from Feedback with Language Models
175. NeurIPS 2023Experiment Planning with Function Approximation
176. NeurIPS 2023Leveraging Pre-trained Large Language Models to Construct and Utilize World Models for Model-based Task Planning
177. NeurIPS 2023Online POMDP Planning with Anytime Deterministic Guarantees
178. NeurIPS 2023Reference-Based POMDPs
179. NeurIPS 2023SheetCopilot: Bringing Software Productivity to the Next Level through Large Language Models

FAQ

How many Classical Planning papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?

179 in total: 24 in 2023, 35 in 2024, 41 in 2025, 79 in 2026.

How many Classical Planning papers are at NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 has 40 Classical Planning papers, versus 14 the year before.

How many Classical Planning papers are at ICLR 2026?

ICLR 2026 has 17 Classical Planning papers, versus 10 the year before.

How many Classical Planning papers are at ICML 2026?

ICML 2026 has 13 Classical Planning papers, versus 15 the year before.

How many Classical Planning papers are at CVPR 2026?

CVPR 2026 has 9 Classical Planning papers, versus 2 the year before.

Which conference publishes the most Classical Planning papers?

NeurIPS, with 75 papers from 2023 to 2026.