% Key papers for Opponent modeling in competitive games (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages.

@inproceedings{aaai2017_playing_104450,
  title = {{Playing FPS Games with Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2017},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10827},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_mastering_102282,
  title = {{Mastering Complex Control in MOBA Games with Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/6144},
}

@inproceedings{cvpr2019_diverse_14101,
  title = {{Diverse Generation for Multi-Agent Sports Games}},
  booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
  year = {2019},
}

@inproceedings{icml2019_bayesian_37177,
  title = {{Bayesian Action Decoder for Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3726},
}

@inproceedings{icml2019_open_37624,
  title = {{Open-ended learning in symmetric zero-sum games}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/4161},
}

@inproceedings{icml2019_multi_37553,
  title = {{Multi-Agent Adversarial Inverse Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3622},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2019_hierarchical_100207,
  title = {{Hierarchical Macro Strategy Model for MOBA Game AI}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/3915},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2019_deep_100590,
  title = {{Deep Reinforcement Learning for Green Security Games with Real-Time Information}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/3941},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_deep_100770,
  title = {{Deep Reinforcement Learning for General Game Playing}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/5533},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2020_towards_60993,
  title = {{Towards Playing Full MOBA Games with Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17137},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_improving_102710,
  title = {{Improving Policies via Search in Cooperative Partially Observable Games}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/6208},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2018_re_57548,
  title = {{Re-evaluating evaluation}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2018},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11330},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2018_depth_57026,
  title = {{Depth-Limited Solving for Imperfect-Information Games}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2018},
  url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11736},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2016_emergence_105149,
  title = {{Emergence of Social Punishment and Cooperation through Prior Commitments}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2016},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10120},
}

@inproceedings{icml2021_scc_39902,
  title = {{SCC: an efficient deep reinforcement learning agent mastering the game of StarCraft II}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2021/poster/9579},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_approximating_5201,
  title = {{Approximating the Shapley Value without Marginal Contributions}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29225},
}

@inproceedings{icml2021_douzero_39268,
  title = {{DouZero: Mastering DouDizhu with Self-Play Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2021/poster/8445},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2022_q_2600,
  title = {{Q-Ball: Modeling Basketball Games Using Deep Reinforcement Learning}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2022},
  url = {https://aaai.org/papers/08806-q-ball-modeling-basketball-games-using-deep-reinforcement-learning/},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2019_combo_100177,
  title = {{Combo-Action: Training Agent For FPS Game with Auxiliary Tasks}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2019},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/3885},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2020_accelerating_100281,
  title = {{Accelerating and Improving AlphaZero Using Population Based Training}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2020},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/5454},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_responsibility_7123,
  title = {{Responsibility in Extensive Form Games}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29968},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_learning_70230,
  title = {{Learning to Discuss Strategically: A Case Study on One Night Ultimate Werewolf}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96856},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2024_memory_6622,
  title = {{Memory Asymmetry Creates Heteroclinic Orbits to Nash Equilibrium in Learning in Zero-Sum Games}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29688},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2025_advantage_82086,
  title = {{Advantage Alignment Algorithms}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/29701},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2025_learning_9749,
  title = {{Learning Strategy Representation for Imitation Learning in Multi-Agent Games}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/33998},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2025_strategic_10848,
  title = {{Strategic Network Creation for Enabling Greedy Routing}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/33488},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2025_the_10984,
  title = {{The Partially Observable Off-Switch Game}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/34940},
}

@inproceedings{icml2024_fast_43756,
  title = {{Fast Peer Adaptation with Context-aware Exploration}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/34696},
}

@inproceedings{icml2024_mastering_44461,
  title = {{Mastering Zero-Shot Interactions in Cooperative and Competitive Simultaneous Games}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33991},
}

@inproceedings{icml2024_configurable_44498,
  title = {{Configurable Mirror Descent: Towards a Unification of Decision Making}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33954},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_safe_72102,
  title = {{Safe Exploitative Play with Untrusted Type Beliefs}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/95226},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_transformers_73960,
  title = {{Transformers as Game Players: Provable In-context Game-playing Capabilities of Pre-trained Models}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/93552},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2025_evaluating_77744,
  title = {{Evaluating LLMs in Open-Source Games}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=X9SNL203cV},
}

@inproceedings{iclr2026_look_86253,
  title = {{Look-ahead Reasoning with a Learned Model in Imperfect Information Games}},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=NnBbr4hI8a},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2026_differentiable_89794,
  title = {{Differentiable Belief-based Opponent Shaping}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/154944},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2026_the_91932,
  title = {{The Attacker in the Mirror: Breaking Self-Consistency in Safety via Anchored Bipolicy Self-Play}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/151513},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_elementarynet_106414,
  title = {{ElementaryNet: A Non-Strategic Neural Network for Predicting Human Behavior in Normal-Form Games}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/38721},
}

@inproceedings{aaai2026_enhancing_106684,
  title = {{Enhancing Strategy Logic with Procedural Rationality}},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/38991},
}

@inproceedings{neurips2024_feint_70928,
  title = {{Feint Behaviors and Strategies: Formalization, Implementation and Evaluation}},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96274},
}