Classical Planning papers, 2023–2026
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Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 179 papers are tagged with this topic.
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.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 35 |
| 2025 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 41 |
| 2026 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 79 |
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
13 papers, page 1 of 1
- ICML 2026An Exponential Separation Between Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Classical Algorithms for Linear Systems
- ICML 2026Commit to the Bit: Reactive Reinforcement Learning Done Right
- ICML 2026Compositional Planning with Jumpy World Models
- ICML 2026Efficient Test-time Inference for Generative Planning Models with OCL Search
- ICML 2026Laplacian Representations for Decision-Time Planning
- ICML 2026Learning to Search and Searching to Learn for Generalization in Planning
- ICML 2026On the Ability of Transformers to Verify Plans
- ICML 2026Parallel Stochastic Gradient-Based Planning for World Models
- ICML 2026PhotoAgent: Exploratory Visual Aesthetic Planning with Large Vision Models
- ICML 2026RefineEvo: Planning-Guided Heuristic Evolution with Bidirectional Experience
- ICML 2026Second-Order Smooth Planning with Optimal-Transport Bellman Smoothing
- ICML 2026Temporal Straightening for Latent Planning
- ICML 2026Training-Free Guided Diffusion for Planning: A Unified Framework via Doob’s h-Transform with Safety Guarantees
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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.