# A Survey of Monte Carlo Tree Search Methods

*Source* · `src-browne-2012-mcts-survey` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| venue | IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games 4(1):1-43 |
| date | 2012-03 |
| doi | 10.1109/TCIAIG.2012.2186810 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |
| notes | Survey of MCTS variants, enhancements, and game and non-game applications after its first years. |

## Authors

- Cameron B. Browne
- Edward Powley
- Daniel Whitehouse
- Simon M. Lucas
- Peter I. Cowling
- Philipp Rohlfshagen
- Stephen Tavener
- Diego Perez
- Spyridon Samothrakis
- Simon Colton

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Monte Carlo tree search for game AI](../technique/monte-carlo-tree-search.md)

## Citation

Cameron B. Browne, Edward Powley, Daniel Whitehouse, Simon M. Lucas, Peter I. Cowling, Philipp Rohlfshagen, Stephen Tavener, Diego Perez, Spyridon Samothrakis, Simon Colton (2012-03). *A Survey of Monte Carlo Tree Search Methods*. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games 4(1):1-43 https://doi.org/10.1109/TCIAIG.2012.2186810

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