Transmission zero assignment using semistate descriptions

The problem of finite/infinite transmission zero assignment is examined by squaring a system from the outputs to the inputs. In particular, this problem is studied in two cases: state-accessible systems and partially-state accessible systems. It is shown that the problem of transmission zero assignment for state-accessible state-variable systems is equivalent to a pole-placement problem with state feedback for a generalized system, which always has a solution. In the case of partially-state-accessible systems, it is shown that the transmission zero assignment problem is equivalent to a pole-placement problem with output feedback for a generalized system. In both cases the block Hessenberg form of the system and the extended lower triangular Hessenberg form are exploited to formulate the problem