% Key papers for Distributional value learning (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages. @inproceedings{aaai2018_distributional_102524, title = {{Distributional Reinforcement Learning With Quantile Regression}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/11791}, } @inproceedings{icml2018_implicit_36743, title = {{Implicit Quantile Networks for Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2018/poster/2450}, } @inproceedings{icml2017_a_36033, title = {{A Distributional Perspective on Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2017/poster/580}, } @inproceedings{icml2016_cumulative_35782, title = {{Cumulative Prospect Theory Meets Reinforcement Learning: Prediction and Control}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2016}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v48/la16.html}, } @inproceedings{icml2020_controlling_38051, title = {{Controlling Overestimation Bias with Truncated Mixture of Continuous Distributional Quantile Critics}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2020/poster/6846}, } @inproceedings{aaai2019_a_101657, title = {{A Comparative Analysis of Expected and Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/4365}, } @inproceedings{neurips2019_fully_58303, title = {{Fully Parameterized Quantile Function for Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2019/poster/13735}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_distributional_37307, title = {{Distributional Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Exploration}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/4297}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_statistics_37758, title = {{Statistics and Samples in Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3583}, } @inproceedings{aaai2021_distributional_451, title = {{Distributional Reinforcement Learning via Moment Matching}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2021}, url = {https://aaai.org/papers/09144-distributional-reinforcement-learning-via-moment-matching/}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_a_59255, title = {{A Local Temporal Difference Code for Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/18766}, } @inproceedings{neurips2020_non_60432, title = {{Non-Crossing Quantile Regression for Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2020/poster/17686}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_nonlinear_37583, title = {{Nonlinear Distributional Gradient Temporal-Difference Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3628}, } @inproceedings{aaai2021_bayesian_188, title = {{Bayesian Distributional Policy Gradients}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2021}, url = {https://aaai.org/papers/08429-bayesian-distributional-policy-gradients/}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_distributional_37306, title = {{Distributional Multivariate Policy Evaluation and Exploration with the Bellman GAN}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3848}, } @inproceedings{icml2022_lyapunov_40800, title = {{Lyapunov Density Models: Constraining Distribution Shift in Learning-Based Control}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2022}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2022/poster/18219}, } @inproceedings{neurips2021_distributional_63384, title = {{Distributional Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Dimensional Reward Functions}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2021}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2021/poster/26980}, } @inproceedings{neurips2023_distributional_69526, title = {{Distributional Pareto-Optimal Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2023}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2023/poster/70393}, } @inproceedings{aaai2024_beyond_5283, title = {{Beyond Expected Return: Accounting for Policy Reproducibility When Evaluating Reinforcement Learning Algorithms}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/29090}, } @inproceedings{icml2022_distributional_40467, title = {{Distributional Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations for Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2022}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2022/poster/17075}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_distributional_71088, title = {{Distributional Reinforcement Learning with Regularized Wasserstein Loss}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96126}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_single_43375, title = {{Single-Trajectory Distributionally Robust Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/35077}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_distributional_45122, title = {{Distributional Bellman Operators over Mean Embeddings}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33330}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_action_71016, title = {{Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96191}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_foundations_72877, title = {{Foundations of Multivariate Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94528}, } @inproceedings{iclr2024_diverse_35348, title = {{Diverse Projection Ensembles for Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2024/poster/17725}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_averaging_45138, title = {{Averaging \$n\$-step Returns Reduces Variance in Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33314}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_a_45825, title = {{A Distributional Analogue to the Successor Representation}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/32627}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_beyond_47594, title = {{Beyond CVaR: Leveraging Static Spectral Risk Measures for Enhanced Decision-Making in Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/45002}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_categorical_48057, title = {{Categorical Distributional Reinforcement Learning with Kullback-Leibler Divergence: Convergence and Asymptotics}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/44550}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_path_51782, title = {{Path-Coupled Bellman Flows for Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=Ps58JvpLT7}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_multivariate_55402, title = {{Multivariate Distributional Reinforcement Learning Using Sliced Divergences}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=yeyUprQtAY}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_near_71558, title = {{Near-Minimax-Optimal Distributional Reinforcement Learning with a Generative Model}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/95709}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_adversarially_72520, title = {{Adversarially Robust Decision Transformer}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94846}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_conformal_77199, title = {{Conformal Prediction Beyond the Horizon: Distribution-Free Inference for Policy Evaluation}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=RIkHzQbpeR}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_intrinsic_79724, title = {{Intrinsic Benefits of Categorical Distributional Loss: Uncertainty-aware Regularized Exploration in Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=sORaSF9Uxo}, } @inproceedings{iclr2026_value_84424, title = {{Value Flows}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=2VyNYUVF2k}, } @inproceedings{neurips2026_a_89986, title = {{A Distribution Mapping Approach to Counterfactually Fair Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/149942}, } @inproceedings{neurips2026_quotient_91060, title = {{Quotient-Categorical Representations for Bellman-Compatible Average-Reward Distributional Reinforcement Learning}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2026/poster/149377}, }