On 12 juin 2011, at 19:46, Petr Baudis wrote
> 
> I coined the term but did not invent the concept. I think the earliest
> mention of the formula is in Sterm et al, Bayesian Pattern Ranking for
> Move Prediction in the Game of Go; it was also for sure mentioned in
> Remi's Elo pattern paper.

The MS guys used a different distance. But the idea is so simple I am sure it 
was independently invented by many. After a quick Google search, I found that 
paper that calls it the "Manhattan-Chebychev Distance":
http://www.phybit.com/docs/mcd.pdf

Rémi
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