?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Probabilistic+Methodology+and+Techniques+for+Artefact+Conception+and+Development&rft.creator=Bessiere%2C+Dr+P&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=The+purpose+of+this+paper+is+to+make+a+state+of+the+art+on+probabilistic+methodology+and+techniques+for+artefact+conception+and+development.+It+is+the+8th+deliverable+of+the+BIBA+(Bayesian+Inspired+Brain+and+Artefacts)+project.+We+first+present+the+incompletness+problem+as+the+central+difficulty+that+both+living+creatures+and+artefacts+have+to+face%3A+how+can+they+perceive%2C+infer%2C+decide+and+act+efficiently+with+incomplete+and+uncertain+knowledge%3F.+We+then+introduce+a+generic+probabilistic+formalism+called+Bayesian+Programming.+This+formalism+is+then+used+to+review+the+main+probabilistic+methodology%0Aand+techniques.+This+review+is+organized+in+3+parts%3A+first+the+probabilistic+models+from+Bayesian+networks+to+Kalman+filters+and+from+sensor+fusion+to+CAD+systems%2C+second+the+inference+techniques+and+finally+the+learning+and+model+acquisition+and+comparison+methodologies.+We+conclude+with+the+perspectives+of+the+BIBA+project+as+they+rise+from+this+state+of+the+art.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3741%2F1%2FRR-4730.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bessiere%2C+Dr+P++(2003)+Probabilistic+Methodology+and+Techniques+for+Artefact+Conception+and+Development.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3741%2F