# Deep reinforcement learning methods

8,890 papers in 15 research directions. Data through 14 Oct 2026.
HTML: https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/

## Directions (largest first)

- [Deep RL algorithms and representations](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/deep-rl-algorithms-and-representations/index.md): 1,402 papers, 8 new this week
- [RL theory and sample complexity](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-theory-and-sample-complexity/index.md): 1,380 papers, 7 new this week
- [RL for robot locomotion and manipulation](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-for-robot-locomotion-and-manipulation/index.md): 1,108 papers, 8 new this week
- [RL training of language and agent models](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-training-of-language-and-agent-models/index.md): 1,015 papers, 13 new this week
- [RL for energy, networks and operations](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-for-energy-networks-and-operations/index.md): 863 papers, 4 new this week
- [RL for robot navigation and UAV control](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-for-robot-navigation-and-uav-control/index.md): 618 papers, 3 new this week
- [RL for games and combinatorial optimization](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-for-games-and-combinatorial-optimization/index.md): 560 papers, 1 new this week
- [RL for autonomous driving and traffic](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-for-autonomous-driving-and-traffic/index.md): 434 papers, 2 new this week
- [Adversarial robustness and RL in finance](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/adversarial-robustness-and-rl-in-finance/index.md): 364 papers, 1 new this week
- [RL with diffusion and flow models](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-with-diffusion-and-flow-models/index.md): 346 papers, 6 new this week
- [Safe and constrained RL](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/safe-and-constrained-rl/index.md): 323 papers, 2 new this week
- [Interpretable and logic-guided RL](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/interpretable-and-logic-guided-rl/index.md): 195 papers, 0 new this week
- [Quantum reinforcement learning](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/quantum-reinforcement-learning/index.md): 130 papers, 0 new this week
- [RL for clinical treatment and surgery](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/rl-for-clinical-treatment-and-surgery/index.md): 116 papers, 1 new this week
- [Spiking and neuromorphic RL](https://mlsanity.com/deeprl/spiking-and-neuromorphic-rl/index.md): 36 papers, 0 new this week