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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} is_stable (@var{a}, @var{tol}, @var{dflg})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} is_stable (@var{sys}, @var{tol})
## Returns 1 if the matrix @var{a} or the system @var{sys}
## is stable, or 0 if not.
##
## @strong{Inputs}
## @table @var
## @item  tol
## is a roundoff parameter, set to 200*@code{eps} if omitted.
## @item dflg
## Digital system flag (not required for system data structure):
## @table @code
## @item @var{dflg} != 0
## stable if eig(a) is in the unit circle
##
## @item @var{dflg} == 0
## stable if eig(a) is in the open LHP (default)
## @end table
## @end table
## @seealso{size, rows, columns, length, ismatrix, isscalar, isvector
## is_observable, is_stabilizable, is_detectable, krylov, krylovb}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: A. S. Hodel <a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: August 1993
## Updated by John Ingram (ingraje@eng.auburn.edu) July, 1996 for systems
## Updated to simpler form by a.s.hodel 1998

function retval = is_stable (a, tol, disc)

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 3)
    print_usage ();
  elseif (isstruct (a))
    ## system was passed
    if (nargin < 3)
      disc = is_digital(a);
    elseif (disc != is_digital (a))
      warning ("is_stable: disc =%d does not match system", disc)
    endif
    sys = sysupdate (a, "ss");
    a = sys2ss (sys);
  else
    if (nargin < 3)
      disc = 0;
    endif
    if (issquare (a) == 0)
      error ("A(%dx%d) must be square", rows (A), columns (A));
    endif
  endif

  if (nargin < 2)
    tol = 200*eps;
  elseif (! isscalar (tol))
    error ("is_stable: tol(%dx%d) must be a scalar", rows (tol),
	   columns (tol));
  endif

  l = eig (a);
  if (disc)
    nbad = sum (abs(l)*(1+tol) > 1);
  else
    nbad = sum (real(l)+tol > 0);
  endif
  retval = (nbad == 0);

endfunction