Neural Networks in C++: An Object-Oriented Framework for Building Connectionist Systems

About the author ADAM BLUM has spent the last nine years working in software development, during which time he has been a principal contributor to several large software projects. These include a multidimensional spreadsheet interface for optimization problems, a language and compiler for authoring legal documents, and a new probabilistic method for text compression. Most recently he was employed as a senior software engineer in the research and development department of Cambridge Information group, a leading CD-ROM software firm. He worked on adaptive and probabilistic methods for various information retrieval problems, including data compression, content-based indexing and intelligent query formulation. Mr. Blum is an active member of ACM, ACM SIGIR, ACM SIGART, and the IEEE Computer Society.