There are meatier technical presentations around about the formal bounds, but I always recommend Manuel Serrano's early work, which is much more accessible than

There are meatier technical presentations around about the formal bounds, but I always recommend Manuel Serrano's early work, which is much more accessible than more modern presentations (my own included): http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=315891.315934 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=315891.315934 A good survey of many of the tricks used in practice (and the formal techniques, as well) is available in Jan Midtgaard's tome, which was finally published in the last year or so: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2187671.2187672 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2187671.2187672