# Mastering Atari Games with Limited Data

*Source* · `src-ye-2021-efficientzero` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Weirui Ye, Shaohuai Liu, Thanard Kurutach, Pieter Abbeel, Yang Gao |
| venue | NeurIPS 2021 |
| date | 2021-10-30 |
| arxiv | 2111.00210 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |
| notes | EfficientZero: 194.3% mean and 109.0% median human-normalized score on Atari 100k from about two hours of real-time game experience. |

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Self-play planning with learned models (AlphaZero, MuZero, Dreamer)](../technique/model-based-planning-muzero.md)

## Citation

Weirui Ye, Shaohuai Liu, Thanard Kurutach, Pieter Abbeel, Yang Gao (2021-10-30). *Mastering Atari Games with Limited Data*. NeurIPS 2021 https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00210

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