NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

An Evaluation of Local Shape Descriptors for 3D Shape Retrieval

March 8, 2012

Author(s)

Sarah Y. Tang

As the usage of 3D models increases, so does the importance of developing accurate 3D shape retrieval algorithms. Most prominently, shape descriptors are used...

An Analysis of Solver-Based Simulation Tools

March 7, 2012

Author(s)

Ion Matei, Conrad E. Bock

Computer-interpretable representations of systems structure and behavior are at the center of designing todays complex systems. Engineers create and review...

NISTIR 6969, Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices, and Procedures, to Support Basic Mass Calibrations (2012 Edition)

March 5, 2012

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This publication contains good laboratory practices, good measurement practices, and standard operating procedures to support the Basic Mass CD-ROM (SP 1001, SP...

A Bibliography of Ambulance Patient Compartments and Related Issues

February 27, 2012

Author(s)

Mehdi Dadfarnia, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Deogratias Kibira

Safety in the patient compartment of ambulances is an issue of growing concern for emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, patients, and others...

(NISTIR 7804) Technical Evaluation, Testing and Validation of the Usability of Electronic Health Records

February 21, 2012

Author(s)

Svetlana Z. Lowry, Matthew T. Quinn, Mala Ramaiah, Robert M. Schumacher, Emily S. Patterson, Robert North, Jiajie Zhang, Michael C. Gibbons, Patricia Abbott

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Usability Protocol (EUP) encompasses procedures for (1) expert evaluation of an EHR user interface from a clinical perspective...

Latent Print Examination and Human Factors: Improving the Practice through a Systems Approach

February 16, 2012

Author(s)

Melissa Taylor, David H. Kaye, Thomas Busey, Melissa Gische, Gerry LaPorte, Colin Aitken, Susan M. Ballou, Leonard Butt, Christophe Champod, David Charlton, Itiel E. Dror, Jules Epstein, Robert J. Garrett, Max Houck, Edward J. Imwinkelried, Ralph Keaton, Glenn Langenburg, Deborah A. Leben, Alice Maceo, Kenneth F. Martin, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Cedric Neumann, Joe Polski, Maria A. Roberts, Scott A. Shappell, Lyle Shaver, Sargur N. Srihari, Hal S. Stern, David Stoney, Anjali Swienton, Mary Theofanos, Robert Thompson, John Vanderkolk, Maria Weir, Kasey Wertheim

Fingerprints have provided a valuable method of personal identification in forensic science and criminal investigations for more than 100 years. The examination...

Analysis of Early-Age Bridge Deck Cracking in Nevada and Wyoming

January 17, 2012

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Paul E. Stutzman, Aaron R. Sakulich, William J. Weiss

In late 2009, the Echo Wash and Valley of Fire bridge decks were constructed in the Lake Mead National Recreation area in Nevada. Within six months, in early...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 5, 2012

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...

Phase III: Evaluation of an Acceptance Sampling Method for 2D/3D Building Plans (NISTIR 7659)

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Marek Franaszek

The General Services Administration (GSA) established the National 3D-4D-BIM (Three dimensional- Four Dimensional Building Information Model) Program in 2003. A...

Thermal Properties and Thermal Modeling of Ballistic Clay Box

December 30, 2011

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...

Initiating Mobile Software Development - Lessons Learned From a 12-Month Project

December 30, 2011

Author(s)

Frederic J. de Vaulx, Paul Khouri Saba, Marcus W. Newrock, Bertrand C. Stivalet

As mobile devices capabilities keep on improving, todays mobile software ecosystem evolves at an unprecedented speed. This evolution makes mobile software...

DHS/NIST Workshop on Homeland Security Modeling & Simulation, June 14-15, 2011

December 19, 2011

Author(s)

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

The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering...

Measurement and Evaluation of Visibility Experiments for Powered Industrial Vehicles

December 16, 2011

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Li Peng Liang

Powered Industrial Vehicles, such as forklifts, are widely used in manufacturing and other industries. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's...

Performance of Face Recognition Algorithms on Compressed Images

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the ability of face recognition algorithms to compare compressed standard face images. Six well performing...

NIST TXR Calibration of the GOES_R External Calibration Target (ECT) for the GOES_R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Program

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

Raju V. Datla, Joseph Rice

The GOES_R/ ECT located at the ABI sensor test facility of ITT/Rochester was tested for its emissivity and radiance properties by deploying the NIST Thermal...

XML Validation Website: A User's Guide

November 16, 2011

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

November 7, 2011

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...

Data Dependency on Measurement Uncertainties in Speaker Recognition Evaluation

November 3, 2011

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Craig S. Greenberg, Raghu N. Kacker

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been conducting an ongoing series of Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SRE). Speaker detection...

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study to Support Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for Crude Oil QA10OIL01

November 2, 2011

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick

To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deep Water Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of coastal...

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study to Support Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for Mussel Tissue QA10TIS01

November 2, 2011

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick

To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deep Water Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of coastal...

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study to Support Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for Marine Sediment QA10SED01

November 2, 2011

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, John Kucklick

To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deep Water Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of coastal...

Integrating jQuery with the 3D Descriptive Markup of X3DOM

October 31, 2011

Author(s)

Sanford P. Ressler

This paper describes a number of techniques using jQuery to take advantage of the 3D descriptive markup implemented by X3DOM. X3DOM is a project of the Web3D...

PFTII Report Plain and Rolled Fingerprint Matching with Vendor Proprietary Template

October 26, 2011

Author(s)

Su L. Cheng, Gregory P. Fiumara, Craig I. Watson

This report is an extension of the Two Finger Matching with Vendor SDK Matches [1] which evaluated the accuracy of matching two plain fingers (right index and...

Using the BACnet Data Source v1.7

October 20, 2011

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...

A Comparison of hp-adaptive Strategies for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations (long version)

October 4, 2011

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell, Marjorie A. McClain

The hp version of the finite element method (hp-FEM) combined with adaptive mesh refinement is a particularly efficient method for solving partial differential...

SteelVis User's Guide

October 3, 2011

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)...

Specification for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) Version 1.2

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Chalres Schmidt, Karen Scarfone, Neal Ziring

This report specifies the data model and Extensible Markup Language (XML) representation for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF)...

IMPACT OF VARIABLE ANTI-SWEAT HEATERS ON REFRIGERATOR FREEZER ENERGY CONSUMPTION

September 27, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Ki-Jung Park

Anti-sweat heaters are often used to prevent condensation from forming on the outer surface of refrigerated cabinets. Variable anti-sweat heaters (VASH)...

Iris Quality Calibration and Evaluation (IQCE): Evaluation Report

September 24, 2011

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother, Wayne J. Salamon

Iris is rapidly gaining acceptance and support as a viable biometric. Several large scale identity management applications are either using or considering iris...

Trust Model for Security Automation Data 1.0 (TMSAD)

September 20, 2011

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...