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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

Author(s)
Petrina C. Potts
The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a varieth of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST

Thermal Properties and Thermal Modeling of Ballistic Clay Box

Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley
A critical component of hard and soft body armor testing is the utilization of a clay block behind the component being evaluated. One of the performance metrics

XML Validation Website: A User's Guide

Author(s)
Julien C. Cuvillier, Katherine C. Morris
This report describes the XML Validation website which hosts a number of XML parsing tools that can be used to remotely validate XML schema files against the

Ocular and Iris Recognition Baseline Algorithm

Author(s)
Yooyoung Lee, Ross J. Micheals, James J. Filliben, P J. Phillips, Hassan A. Sahibzada
Due to its distinctiveness, the human eye is a popular biometricv feature used to identity a person with high accuracy. The Grand Challenge in biometrics is to

Using the BACnet Data Source v1.7

Author(s)
Michael A. Galler
The BACnet Data Source (BDS) was developed to be used as a component of the Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed (VCBT) (1), in conjunction with work on various

SteelVis User's Guide

Author(s)
Robert R. Lipman
This guide describes how to use SteelVis and its associated programs. SteelVis has two main functions: (1) to translate a CIS/2 (CIMsteel Integration Standards)

Trust Model for Security Automation Data 1.0 (TMSAD)

Author(s)
Harold Booth, Adam M. Halbardier
This report defines the Trust Model for Security Automation Data 1.0 (TMSAD), which permits users to establish integrity, authentication, and traceability for

Defining AFIS Latent Print "Lights-Out"

Author(s)
Stephen Meagher, Vladimir N. Dvornychenko
The term "lights-out" for AFIS ten-print fingerprint operations has been around for many years and is generally understood to mean "no human intervention is
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