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

# [retval,U] = is_detectable (a,c,tol)
# usage: is_detectable (a , c {,tol})
#     or is_detectable (sys {,tol})
#
# Default: tol = 10*norm(a,'fro')*eps
#
# Returns 1 if the system, a, is detectable, 1 if the pair (a, c) is 
# detectable, or 0 if not.
#
# See also: size, rows, columns, length, is_matrix, is_scalar, is_vector.

# Written by A. S. Hodel (scotte@eng.auburn.edu) August 1993.
# Updated by John Ingram (ingraje@eng.auburn.edu) July 1996.
# SYS_INTERNAL accesses members of system structure
# $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ 

  if( nargin < 1) 
    usage("[retval,U] = is_detectable(a , c {, tol})");
  elseif(is_struct(a))
    # system form
    if(nargin == 2)
      tol = c;
    elseif(nargin > 2)
      usage("[retval,U] = is_detectable(sys {, tol})");
    endif
    a = sysupdate(a,"ss");
    c = a.c;
    a = a.a;
  elseif(nargin > 3)
    usage("[retval,U] = is_detectable(a , c {, tol})");
  endif
  if(exist("tol"))
    [retval,U] = is_stabilizable (a', c', tol);
  else
    [retval,U] = is_stabilizable (a', c');
  endif
  

endfunction