Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index.
Basic tools of the trade -- Compositions -- Statistics on compositions -- Avoidance of nonsubword patterns in compositions -- Words -- Automata and generating trees -- Asymptotics for compositions -- Useful identities and generating functions -- Linear algebra and algebra review -- Chebychev polynomials of the second kind -- Probability theory -- Complex analysis review -- Using Mathematica and Maple -- C++ and Maple programs.