NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Human Engineering Design Criteria Standards Part 1: Project Introduction and Existing Standards

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Susanne M. Furman, Mary F. Theofanos, Hannah Wald

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires general human systems integration (HSI) criteria for the design and development of human-machine interfaces

CVSS Implementation Guidance

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua M. Franklin, Charles W. Wergin, Harold Booth

This Interagency Report provides guidance to individuals scoring vulnerabilities using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2.0 scoring

STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 2)

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model

BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ARCHIVAL OF SEA TURTLE TISSUES (BEMAST): Rationale, Protocols, and Initial Collections of Banked Sea Turtle Tissues

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

Jennifer M. Lynch, Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) expanded its analytical measurement and specimen banking capabilities into the U.S. Pacific Islands

Seventeenth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter, Spring, and Fall 1995 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXV Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum and Round Robins 7 and 8 Ascorbic Acid in H

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Katherine E. Sharpless, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Sam A. Margolis

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure

Exploring the Methodology and Utility of Standardized Latent Fingerprint Matcher Scoring

April 24, 2014

Author(s)

Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, George W. Quinn

Explores methods for defining a standardized matcher score for Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS). A standardized score facilitates evaluating

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise J Final Report

April 16, 2014

Author(s)

Laura J. Wood, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Mary Bedner, Kaitlyn Chieh, Rick L. Paul

The NIST Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) was established in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of

United States Federal Employees' Password Management Behaviors A Department of Commerce Case Study

April 8, 2014

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Hung-Kung Liu

Passwords are the most prevalent method used by the public and private sectors for controlling user access to systems. Organizations establish security policies

Human Engineering Design Criteria Standards Part 3: Interim Steps

April 1, 2014

Author(s)

Susanne M. Furman, Mary Theofanos, Hannah Wald

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires general human systems integration (HSI) criteria for the design and development of human-machine interfaces

Examination of the Impact of Fingerprint Spatial Area Loss on Matcher Performance in Various Mobile Identification Scenarios

March 24, 2014

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, Kenneth Ko, Stephen S. Wood, John D. Grantham, Michael D. Garris

Background: NIST conducted a study of the FBI Repository for Individuals of Special Concern (RISC) system using various gallery and Mobile ID [MOBID]

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) - Performance of Automated Age Estimation Algorithms

March 20, 2014

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, Patrick J. Grother

Facial Age Estimation is an area of study new to the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Still Track. While peripheral to traditional face recognition, it has

(NISTIR 7988) Integrating Electronic Health Records into Clinical Workflow: An Application of Human Factors Modeling Methods to Ambulatory Care

March 11, 2014

Author(s)

Svetlana Z. Lowry, Mala Ramaiah, Emily S. Patterson, David Brick, Ayse P. Gurses, Ant Ozok, Debora Simmons, Michael C. Gibbons

This report recommendations provide a first step in moving from a billing-centered perspective (i.e., focusing on ensuring maximum and timely reimbursement) to

A Methodology for Developing Authentication Assurance Level Taxonomy for Smart Card-based Identity Verification

March 5, 2014

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Smart cards (smart identity tokens) are now being extensively deployed for identity verification for controlling access to Information Technology (IT) resources

Towards a Classification System of Manufacturing Objects for the Evaluation of Perception Systems

February 27, 2014

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Marek Franaszek, Afzal A. Godil, Kamel S. Saidi, Roger Eastman, Tsai H. Hong

A Spectral Analytic Method for Fingerprint Image Sample Rate Estimation

February 25, 2014

Author(s)

John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, John D. Grantham, Michael D. Garris

This study examines the use of the NIST Spectral Image Validation and Verification (SIVV) metric for the application of detecting the sample rate of a given

Roadmap for Developing Measurement Science for Predicting the Service Life of Polymers Used in Photovoltaic (PV) Systems

February 24, 2014

Author(s)

Xiaohong Gu, Joannie W. Chin

Report: Authentication Diary Study

February 4, 2014

Author(s)

Michelle P. Steves, Mary F. Theofanos

Users have developed various coping strategies for minimizing or avoiding the friction and burden associated with managing and using their portfolios of user

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

February 3, 2014

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST

Towards NFIQ II Lite: Self-Organizing Maps for Fingerprint Image Quality Assessment

February 3, 2014

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi

Fingerprint quality assessment is a crucial task which needs to be conducted accurately in various phases in the biometric enrolment and recognition processes

IREX IV: Part 2 Compression Profiles for Iris Image Compression

January 23, 2014

Author(s)

George Quinn, Patrick Grother, Mei Ngan, Nick Rymer

The IREX IV evaluation builds upon IREX III as a performance test of one-to-many iris recognition. This report is the second part of the IREX IV evaluation

Technical Guidance for Archiving and Configuration Management of Homeland Security Simulation Applications

January 15, 2014

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Sanjay Jain, Yung-Tsun Lee, Charles W. Hutchings

This document provides general guidance that is designed to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Program Managers and other executives inside and

Nondestructive Testing (NDT) and Sensor Technology for Service Life Modeling of New and Existing Concrete Structures

December 18, 2013

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, Li Piin Sung, Geraldine S. Cheok

Nondestructive test (NDT) methods and sensor technologies are evaluated in the context of providing input parameters to service life prediction models for

Using Legacy Modeling Artifacts in Supply Chain Logistics Simulation

December 12, 2013

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Terry Harrison

We investigate the feasibility, and the potential advantages and pitfalls of using modeling languages such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and the

Taxonomic Rules for Password Policies: Translating the Informal to the Formal Language

December 9, 2013

Author(s)

Kevin Killourhy, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos

A password policy may seem formal in the sense that it is written in a legalistic language, giving the impression of a binding contract. However, such policies

Compensating operators and stable backward in time marching in nonlinear parabolic equations.

November 26, 2013

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

Step by step time-marching schemes are fundamental tools in the numerical exploration of well-posed nonlinear evolutionary partial differential equations

Recommendations for Specifying Idealized Bust Surrogates for the Testing of Female Stab Resistant Armor

November 20, 2013

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Aaron M. Forster

This document describes recommendations provided to the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Special Technical Committee (STC) for the revision of the Stab

PROCESS DESCRIPTION AND ANALYTICS FORMALISM FOR DECISION GUIDANCE IN SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

November 20, 2013

Author(s)

Alexander Brodsky, Guodong Shao, Frank H. Riddick

This paper introduces NIST's Sustainable Process Analytics Formalism (SPAF) to facilitate the use of simulation and optimization technologies for decision

A Methodology for Handling Standards Terminology for Sustainable Manufacturing

October 30, 2013

Author(s)

Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, David J. Lechevalier, Katherine C. Morris, Sudarsan Rachuri

In order to develop the discipline of sustainable manufacturing, the language of discourse needs to be properly and clearly communicated, for both manufacturers

Benefits and Costs of Commissioning: A Case Study Analysis

October 29, 2013

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert

Commissioning is a quality assurance process for the design, construction and operation of buildings. Specifically, Building Commissioning is a process of