George Fishman has regularly contributed to the literature on the Monte Carlo method and discrete-event simulation over the last 40 years. His earlier book, MONTE CARLO: CONCEPTS, ALGORITHMS, AND APPLICATIONS (Springer-Verlag, 1996) won the 1996 Lancaster award for best publication of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the 1997 outstanding publication award of the INFORMS College on Simulation.