Oscar Cartagena

Postdoctoral Researcher

About

Welcome to my academic website! I am Oscar Cartagena, a researcher and academic in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Chile. My research sits at the intersection of advanced control theory, computational intelligence, and sustainable energy systems. I am passionate about developing robust predictive control strategies, evolving fuzzy systems, and machine learning models to solve complex engineering problems in dynamic, uncertain, and nonstationary environments.

Over the years, I have applied these methodologies to a wide array of practical challenges, including the coordination and management of integrated energy-water-food microgrids, smartport electrification, green hydrogen systems, and energy efficiency in HVAC systems and greenhouses. Through my research, which spans fuzzy interval modeling, predictive control, and deep learning-based forecasting, I aim to drive technological innovations that support sustainable development and resource optimization. Thank you for visiting my site, and please feel free to explore my publications or reach out for potential collaborations.

Journal Publications

Coordination and management of multiple energy-water microgrids based on a fuzzy predictive control strategy

Luis Jiménez-Verdugo, Oscar Cartagena, Javier Ocaranza, Alex Navas-Fonseca, R. Cárdenas-Dobson, Constanza Ahumada, Doris Sáez

Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 538, 2026, p. 147410

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Renewable Energies Integration in Electrification for Chilean Smartports—Challenges and Case Study

Rafaella Canessa, Rodrigo Santibáñez, Constanza Ahumada, Patricio Mendoza-Araya, Oscar Cartagena, Doris Sáez

IEEE Access, vol. 13, 2025, pp. 94437 - 94452

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A multivariate approach for fuzzy prediction interval design and its application for a climatization system forecasting

Oscar Cartagena, F. Trovò, Doris Sáez

Expert systems with applications, vol. 255(Part C), 2024, p. 124715

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Evolving Fuzzy Prediction Intervals in Nonstationary Environments

Oscar Cartagena, F. Trovò, M. Roveri, D. Sáez

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, vol. 8(1), 2024, pp. 903 - 916

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Energy–water management system based on MPC for a greenhouse in a mapuche indigenous community

Alvaro Endo, Sebastian Parra, Oscar Cartagena, Doris Sáez, Carlos Muñoz, Juan Ignacio Huircan

Applied Sciences, vol. 13(8), 2023, p. 4734

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Evolving fuzzy prediction interval for fault detection in a heat exchanger

Oscar Cartagena, Miha Ožbot, D. Sáez, I. Škrjanc

Applied Soft Computing, vol. 145, 2023, p. 110625

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Review on Fuzzy and Neural Prediction Interval Modelling for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Oscar Cartagena, Sebastián Parra, Diego Muñoz-Carpintero, L. G. Marín, D. Sáez

IEEE Access, vol. 9, 2021, pp. 23357 - 23384

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Conference Papers

A novel sustainable approach of reinforcement learning control for a water-energy-food microgrid

Claudio Zúñiga-Bauerle, Oscar Cartagena, Javier Ocaranza, Linda Daniele, Marcos Orchard, Doris Sáez

2025 IEEE Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence (LA-CCI), 2025

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Multi-Objective Distributed Predictive Secondary Control Design for Frequency Restoration and Active Power Sharing of Microgrids

B. Moreno Vásquez, Oscar Cartagena, Javier Ocaranza, Alex Navas Fonseca, Doris Sáez Hueichapan, R. Cárdenas-Dobson

IECON 2024-50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2024

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Robust Predictive Control based on Evolving Intervals for Greenhouse Energy Management

Javier Ocaranza, Oscar Cartagena, Doris Sáez, Alex Navas Fonseca

IECON 2024-50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2024

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Hierarchical energy management system with demand side management for green hydrogen-based microgrids

Kevin Chamorro-Cáceres, Alex Navas-Fonseca, J. Gómez, Constanza Ahumada, Oscar Cartagena, Luis G. Marin, Doris Sáez, Gonzalo Aguila

2024 IEEE 42nd Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XLII), 2024

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Fuzzy Interval-Based Fault Detection for Water Consumption Profiles From Isolated Communities

L. Jiménez, Oscar Cartagena, Javier Ocaranza, Alex Navas Fonseca, Doris Sáez

2024 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), 2024

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Two-Stages Interval Fuzzy Model for Forecasting Wind Power in Microgrids

Oscar Cartagena, Doris Sáez, I. Škrjanc

2024 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), 2024

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Robust Energy-Water Management System with Prediction Interval Based on Deep Learning

Lucas Rojas, Javier Ocaranza, Oscar Cartagena, D. Sáez, L. Daniele, Constanza Ahumada

2023 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2023

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Fuzzy and Neural Prediction Intervals for Robust Control of a Greenhouse

Alvaro Endo, Oscar Cartagena, Javier Ocaranza, D. Sáez, Carlos Muñoz

2022 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), 2022

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Predictive Control based on Fuzzy Optimization for Multi-Room HVAC Systems

Alvaro Endo, Oscar Cartagena, D. Sáez, Diego Muñoz-Carpintero

2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), 2020

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Fuzzy Interval Modelling based on Joint Supervision

Diego Muñoz-Carpintero, Sebastián Parra, Oscar Cartagena, D. Sáez, L. G. Marín, I. Škrjanc

2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), 2020

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Robust Model-based Predictive Control for a Cooperative Cycling Cyber-physical System

Tomás Lara, Oscar Cartagena, S. Céspedes, D. Sáez

2019 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), 2019

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A Robust Predictive Control Strategy for Building HVAC Systems Based on Interval Fuzzy Models

Oscar Cartagena, Diego Muñoz-Carpintero, D. Sáez

2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), 2018

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