The following references were invaluable in preparing this program and I
highly recommend them to students interested in neural nets.
Blum, Adam (1992). Neural networks in C++: An object-oriented framework for building connectionist systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Even though I program in C and didn't use Blum's code, just seeing how someone else implemented some of these nets was a big help.
Freeman, J. A., & Skapura, D. M. (1991). Neural networks: algorithms, applications, and programming techniques. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
A great book for programmers. As soon as I can, I'm adding this one to my library, so I can return the library's copy.
Zurada, J. M. (1992). Introduction to artificial neural systems. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.
This was the text for the course I took on neural nets. The seeds of
this program can be found in the code I wrote for projects in that class.
I owe a great deal to the people who have worked with me as I
developed this program and I want to take this opportunity to
acknowledge them:
First, Lisa Cox worked with me on the class projects that eventually
became the BPN and CPN functions.
Then, there were my "beta testers" - the students in my neural nets
course in the Spring of '95.
I'd also like to thank Maziar Momeni - he gave me the nudge I needed
to get the program out while it was still only two operating systems behind.
And, finally, I'd like to thank Borland for their C compiler and Mix
Software for their C Windows Toolchest. I couldn't have done it without you.
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