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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{ksys} =} parallel (@var{asys}, @var{bsys})
## Forms the parallel connection of two systems.
##
## @example
## @group
##              --------------------
##              |      --------    |
##     u  ----->|----> | asys |--->|----> y1
##         |    |      --------    |
##         |    |      --------    |
##         |--->|----> | bsys |--->|----> y2
##              |      --------    |
##              --------------------
##                   ksys
## @end group
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

## Author: David Clem
## Created: August 15, 1994
## completely rewritten Oct 1996 a s hodel
## SYS_INTERNAL accesses members of system structure

function sysp = parallel (Asys, Bsys)

  if(nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif
  if(! isstruct(Asys) )
    error("1st input argument is not a system data structure")
  elseif (! isstruct(Bsys) )
    error("2nd input argument is not a system data structure")
  endif
  [Ann,Anz,mA] = sysdimensions(Asys);
  [Bnn,Bnz,mB] = sysdimensions(Bsys);
  if(mA != mB)
    error(["Asys has ",num2str(mA)," inputs, Bsys has ",num2str(mB)," inputs"]);
  endif

  ## save signal names
  Ain = sysgetsignals(Asys,"in");

  ## change signal names to avoid warning messages from sysgroup
  Asys = syssetsignals(Asys,"in",__sysdefioname__(length(Ain),"Ain_u"));
  Bsys = syssetsignals(Bsys,"in",__sysdefioname__(length(Ain),"Bin_u"));

  sysp = sysgroup(Asys,Bsys);
  sysD = ss([],[],[],[eye(mA);eye(mA)]);

  sysp = sysmult(sysp,sysD);
  sysp = syssetsignals(sysp,"in",Ain);

endfunction
