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This book comes from two well-known practitioners of the Monte Carlo arts. Because of the great breadth of the subject the authors focus on material relevant to the statistical physics community, thus the title accurately reflects the contents. The book is aimed at the graduate student level and beyond; while some parts of the material will be accessible to beginning graduate students, others assume a certain familiarity with subjects such as critical phenomena...