Current tendencies in ESP didactics: Insights of an ESP journal editor

A Critique of ESP

ESP - Metaphor for learning: an evolutionary algorithm

The organizational algorithm is examined as a computational approach to representing interpersonal learning. The structure of the algorithm is introduced and described in context to the simple genetic algorithm. A comparison is made of the performance of both algorithms with respect to three different test functions: a simple single-peaked function, the standard Matlab “peaks” function (Mathwor...

ESP and psychology

SIR CYRIL BURT, ESP and psychology, edited by Anita Gregory, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975, 8vo, pp. vii, 179, £4.50. Although Cyril Burt (1883-1971) is best known for his work on the application of psychology to education, to the development of children and to the assessment of mental qualities, he also contributed to ESP, as an obituarist had to point out (The Times, 15 October 1971). T...

Current Building Systems Modelling Potential of ESP-r

This paper describes the current status of the ESP-r simulation environment with respect to modelling and simulation of systems in buildings. Following an overview of the underlying philosophy and the overall structure of the system, ESP-r’s integrated approach to building and plant modelling is elaborated with a worked example. The paper finishes with indicating current system simulation devel...

An analytical model for generalized ESP games

The ESP game belongs to the genre called Games with a Purpose (GWAP), which leverage people’s desire to be entertained and also outsource certain steps of the computational process to humans. The games have shown promise in solving a variety of problems, which computer computation has been unable to resolve completely thus far. In this study, we consider generalized ESP games with two objective...