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There is a short introduction by Mikhalkin: http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1049 expanded in more detail in this book: http://www.math.toronto.edu/mikha/book.pdf

The Oberwolfach lecture notes by Itenberg, Mikhalkin and Shustin are also nice.