//Example 5.3 //page 319 //Control Systems: Principles and Design //M Gopal, Second Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill //Chapter: Concepts of Stability: Routh Stability Array xdel(winsid())//close all graphics Windows clear; clc; //transfer function s=%s; P=s^6+4*s^5+3*s^4 + 2* s^3 +s^2 +4*s +4; //routh array disp('Routh Array') r=routh_t(P) disp(r) [r,num]=routh_t(1/P,20) if num==0 disp("As all elements of first row are positive system is stable") else mprintf("There are %g sign changes in entries of first column.\nTherefore, system is unstable.", num) end