Space-decomposition based 3D fuzzy control design for nonlinear spatially distributed systems with multiple control sources using multiple single-output SVR learning.

•We decompose complex spatially distributed systems with multiple control.•Sources into multiple sub-systems with one control source.•Space-decomposition based 3D fuzzy control scheme is proposed.•A data-driven multiple 3D FLC design method is developed.•Multiple single-output SVRs with spatial kernel functions are presented to cope with a multi-output spatio-temporal data set.