TY - BOOK AU - Choukchou-Braham,Amal TI - Analysis and control of underactuated mechanical systems SN - 9783319026350 (hbk.) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Springer International Pub. KW - Automatic control N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Generalities and State-of-the-Art on the Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems -- Underactuated Mechanical Systems from the Langrangian formalism -- Classification of Underactuated Mechanical Systems -- Control Design Schemes for Underactuated Mechanical Systems -- Appendices: Theoretical Background on Nonlinear System Stability and Control -- Limits of Linearization and Dangers of Destabilization -- Differential Geometry -- Controllability of Continuous Systems ER -