This book contains 30 selected, refereed papers from an in-ternational conference on bootstrapping and related techni-ques held in Trier 1990. Thepurpose of the book is to in-form about recent research in the area of bootstrap, jack-knife and Monte Carlo Tests. Addressing the novice and theexpert it covers as well theoretical as practical aspects ofthese statistical techniques. Potential users in differentdisciplines as biometry, epidemiology, computer science,economics and sociology but also theoretical researchers s-hould consult the book to be informed on the state of theart in this area.