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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{retval} =} is_detectable (@var{a}, @var{c}, @var{tol}, @var{dflg})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{retval} =} is_detectable (@var{sys}, @var{tol})
## Test for detectability (observability of unstable modes) of (@var{a}, @var{c}).
##
## Returns 1 if the system @var{a} or the pair (@var{a}, @var{c}) is
## detectable, 0 if not, and -1 if the system has unobservable modes at the
## imaginary axis (unit circle for discrete-time systems).
##
## @strong{See} @command{is_stabilizable} for detailed description of
## arguments and computational method.
## @seealso{is_stabilizable, size, rows, columns, length, ismatrix,
## isscalar, isvector}
## @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.

function [retval, U] = is_detectable (a, c, tol, dflg)

  if( nargin < 1)
    print_usage ();
  elseif(isstruct(a))
    ## system form
    if(nargin == 2)
      tol = c;
    elseif(nargin > 2)
      print_usage ();
    endif
    dflg = is_digital(a);
    [a,b,c] = sys2ss(a);
  else
    if ((nargin > 4)||(nargin == 1))
      print_usage ();
    endif
    if (~exist("dflg"))
      dflg = 0;
    end
  end

  if(~exist("tol"))
    tol = 200*eps;
  end    
  retval = is_stabilizable(a',c',tol,dflg);

endfunction