>> - AFAIK, the reference is the first usage of the term 'stretch' in the >> literature (2006), and unless someone has an earlier reference, I'm >> inclined to attribute this to the authors. > > I'm not sure where the term was coined, but stretch is a well-known term > in compact routing literature. Certainly Peleg and Upfal used the term > in 1989 (c.f. "A Trade-Off between Space and Efficiency > for Routing Tables", http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=65953 ). > Without digging further back, I wouldn't be surprised if it was used > earlier, but the abstract for this paper seems to feature an > equally-good definition for the term.
Thanks, we'll update to use that reference. Tony _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
