Amazon.com description: Product Description: This title provides a concise overview of object-oriented concepts and the use of C++ for program implementation. It aims to help the reader form a clear concept of the object-oriented paradigm, which is the essential foundation to build programs in C++. To this end, the book does not concentrate on syntax but provides enough knowledge to implement OO concepts in C++, with emphasis placed on problem representation. Researchers in artificial intelligence have recognized that representation is essential to the successful solution of complex problems. This book examines why representation is important, how object-oriented concepts provide the basis for an expressive representation language, and how these concepts aid program development. It uses numerous examples of both representation and programs in C++, includes exercises to reinforce student understanding and contains programming tasks, some of which are constrained to use object-oriented principles.