CoupVisor: Strategy Optimization by Round and Challenge Decision Support
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arXiv:2608.15868v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents CoupVisor, a decision-support system for the hidden-information card game Coup. It addresses two questions: what a player should do on each turn, and when a player should challenge an opponent's claim. The system is built around a single description of game events, which is shared across manual play, replay of recorded games, simulation, belief tracking, advisor recommendations, and learning-based policies. CoupVisor estimates the chance that a claim is truthful by combining how likely each role is with how many cards the clai
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2608.15868v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper presents CoupVisor, a decision-support system for the hidden-information card game Coup.
- It addresses two questions: what a player should do on each turn, and when a player should challenge an opponent's claim.
- The system is built around a single description of game events, which is shared across manual play, replay of recorded games, simulation, belief tracking, advisor recommendations, and learning-based policies.
Why it matters
“CoupVisor: Strategy Optimization by Round and Challenge Decision Support” highlights the need for repeatable measurement rather than a single impressive demonstration. Independent validation across datasets and clearly stated limitations determine whether a result can guide product decisions.

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