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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>minss</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="minss"> minimal realization</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>[slc]=minss( sl [,tol])  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>sl,slc</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: <VERB>syslin</VERB> lists (linear systems in state-space form)</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>tol</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: real (threshold for rank determination (see <VERB>contr</VERB>))</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P><VERB>minss</VERB> returns in <VERB>slc</VERB> a minimal realization of <VERB>sl</VERB>.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <EXAMPLE>
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sl=syslin('c',[1 0;0 2],[1;0],[2 1]);
ssprint(sl);
ssprint(minss(sl))
 ]]>
  </EXAMPLE>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>contr</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>minreal</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>arhnk</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>contrss</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>obsvss</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>balreal</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
