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I think good naming convention is something like Chesterton's Fence. "Fence" describes the idea well, and "Chesterton's" makes it unique.

Something like "Djikstra's Algorithm" is too vague. Maybe if it were something like "Djikstra's Path", it would be easier to understand.



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