Elżbieta Jarzębowska is an associate professor in the Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics at the Warsaw University of Technology. She is a member of ASME, IEEE, GAMM, IFToMM Technical Committee of Mechatronics, and International SAR. Her research and teaching interests encompass dynamics modeling and analysis of multibody systems, nonlinear control of multibody systems, and geometric control theory.
The book addresses dynamic modeling and control design methods for nonlinear mechanical systems. The understanding of the author is that these two topics are closely related and should be studied together. ... All chapters are illustrated with examples. Each chapter of the book ends with a list of references. The book is addressed to graduate and postgraduate students as well as to control engineers and researches. A basic course in analytical mechanics and linear control theory is appreciated. --Zentralblatt MATH 1281