“…Upon viewing these works, it can be seen that although some methods seem simple for integer order cases, it is usually not straightforward to be extended to FO cases, especially for multi-inputmulti-output (MIMO) FO systems. Some examples may be MIMO FO identification and minimum realizations, [10,20,23]. To explore the potential of de-centralized controllers and inject new perspectives to the development of FO controls, this paper investigates the extension of the decoupling techniques from integer order to fractional order, through which, some new issues are discussed, such as the properness of the fractional order decouplers, and the frequency-dependent relative gain array (RGA) for MIMO FO processes.…”