1. Introduction: Purpose and Scope of This Volume, and Some General Comments.- 2. Theoretical Foundations of the Monte Carlo Method and Its Applications in Statistical Physics.- 3. Guide to Practical Work with the Monte Carlo Method.- 4. Some Important Recent Developments of the Monte Carlo Methodology.- References.

Dealing with the computer simulation of thermodynamic properties of many-body condensed-matter systems that use random numbers generated by a computer, this book describes the theoretical background of several variants of Monte Carlo methods. The result is a systematic course allowing newcomers to perform these simulations for themselves and to analyze their results. This third edition has been updated and expanded by a new chapter on important recent developments in the Monte Carlo methodology.