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+## Copyright (C) 2009, 2011 Lukas F. Reichlin
+##
+## This file is part of LTI Syncope.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with LTI Syncope. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## Convert the continuous SS model into its discrete-time equivalent.
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: October 2009
+## Version: 0.3
+
+function sys = __c2d__ (sys, tsam, method = "zoh", w0 = 0)
+
+ switch (method(1))
+ case {"z", "s"} # {"zoh", "std"}
+ [sys.a, sys.b, sys.c, sys.d, sys.e] = __dss2ss__ (sys.a, sys.b, sys.c, sys.d, sys.e);
+ [n, m] = size (sys.b); # n: states, m: inputs
+ ## TODO: use SLICOT MB05OD
+ tmp = expm ([sys.a*tsam, sys.b*tsam; zeros(m, n+m)]);
+ sys.a = tmp (1:n, 1:n); # F
+ sys.b = tmp (1:n, n+(1:m)); # G
+
+ case {"t", "b", "p"} # {"tustin", "bilin", "prewarp"}
+ if (method(1) == "p") # prewarping
+ beta = w0 / tan (w0*tsam/2);
+ else
+ beta = 2/tsam;
+ endif
+ if (isempty (sys.e))
+ [sys.a, sys.b, sys.c, sys.d] = slab04md (sys.a, sys.b, sys.c, sys.d, 1, beta, false);
+ else
+ [sys.a, sys.b, sys.c, sys.d, sys.e] = __dss_bilin__ (sys.a, sys.b, sys.c, sys.d, sys.e, beta, false);
+ endif
+
+ otherwise
+ error ("ss: c2d: %s is an invalid or missing method", method);
+ endswitch
+
+endfunction