function Nbar = rscale(a,b,c,d,k)
 % Given the single-input linear system:
 %       .
 %       x = Ax + Bu
 %       y = Cx + Du
 % and the feedback matrix K,
 %
 % the function rscale(sys,K) or rscale(A,B,C,D,K)
 % finds the scale factor N which will
 % eliminate the steady-state error to a step reference
 % for a continuous-time, single-input system
 % with full-state feedback using the schematic below:
 %
 %                         /---------\
 %      R         +     u  | .       |
 %      ---> N --->() ---->| X=Ax+Bu |--> y=Cx ---> y
 %                -|       \---------/
 %                 |             |
 %                 |<---- K <----|
 %
 %8/21/96 Yanjie Sun of the University of Michigan
 %        under the supervision of Prof. D. Tilbury
 %6/12/98 John Yook, Dawn Tilbury revised
 error(nargchk(2,5,nargin));
 % --- Determine which syntax is being used ---
 nargin1 = nargin;
 if (nargin1==2),	% System form
 		[A,B,C,D] = ssdata(a);
 		K=b;
 elseif (nargin1==5), % A,B,C,D matrices
 		A=a; B=b; C=c; D=d; K=k;
 else error('Input must be of the form (sys,K) or (A,B,C,D,K)')
 end;
 % compute Nbar
 s = size(A,1);
 Z = [zeros([1,s]) 1];
 N = inv([A,B;C,D])*Z';
 Nx = N(1:s);
 Nu = N(1+s);
 Nbar=Nu + K*Nx;
 