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The Common Configuration Scoring System (CCSS) is a set of measures of the severity of software security configuration issues. CCSS is derived from the Common
In large-scale distributed systems, the interactions of many independent components may lead to emergent global behaviors with unforeseen, often detrimental
Usability has been a topic of considerable interest in the health IT community. This document provides NIST guidance for those developing electronic health
On July 13, 2010, 27 roundtable discussion participants and more than 100 other attendees gathered at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Elizabeth N. Fong, Charline Cleraux, Frederick E. Boland Jr.
Is trustworthiness of software measurable? The determination of trustworthiness of a piece of software is difficult. There may be different quantifiable
David E. Gilsinn, Kiran Bhadriraju, John T. Elliott
Biological cells are composed of many subsystems and organelles. The subsystem called the cytoskeleton is composed of long rod-shaped structures. They give the
This paper investigates an issue with the Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) compression algorithm which causes severe degradation of the compressed image. The
Mahesh Mani, Bjoern J. Johansson, Kevin W. Lyons, Ram D. Sriram, Gaurav Ameta
Simulation plays a critical role in the design of products, materials and manufacturing processes. Increasingly, simulation is replacing physical tests to
This report is an extension of the SlapSegII evaluation and will study the affect of slap fingerprint segmentation on matching accuracy. This study will compare
This document provides a template for the modified version of Software engineering Software product Quality Requirements and Evaluation(SQuaRE) Common Industry
NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) has instituted a 66 m long range for testing of distance-measuring systems. The range consists of
Carmelo Montanez-Rivera, D. Richard Kuhn, Mary C. Brady, Richard M. Rivello, Jenise Reyes Rodriguez, Michael K. Powers
This report describes the use of combinatorial test methods to reduce the cost of testing for the Document Object Model Events standard while maintaining an
Manufacturing systems consist of many activities. Each of these activities may include one or more software and hardware. In order to make these software and
This manual is a users manual for the NIST DMIS Test Suite, version 2.2.1. DMIS (Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard) is a language for writing programs
This manual is a maintainers manual for the NIST DMIS Test Suite, version 2.2.1. DMIS (Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard) is a language for writing
This manual is a system builders manual for the NIST DMIS Test Suite, version 2.2.1. DMIS (Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard) is a language for writing
Alan B. Vinh, Richard A. Rouil, Antonio Izquierdo Manzanares, Alexandre Delye
There are two parts to the Project 25: Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) model: 1) The server program that models the behavior of the ISSI protocol(s), along
The invariant torus of a coupled system of Van der Pol oscillators is approximated using bicubic B-splines. The paper considers the case of strong nonlinear
Ward L. Johnson, Thomas A. Siewert, Jessica Terry, Dat Duthinh, Mark Iadicola, William E. Luecke, Joseph D. McColskey
The Quantitative Tools for Condition Assessment of Aging Infrastructure Workshop was held May 4-5, 2010, in Boulder, Colorado. It was organized by a team of
Sampling variability can result in uncertainties of measures. The nonparametric two-sample bootstrap method has been used to compute uncertainties of measures
The nonparametric two-sample bootstrap is successfully applied to computing the measurement uncertainties in receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis on
Salifou Sidi Malick, Matthew Molek, Katherine C. Morris
This document describes the Constraint Generator. The Constraint Generator is a tool developed at NIST to automate the generation of schematron scripts for an
Matthew A. Scholl, Kevin M. Stine, Kenneth Lin, Daniel Steinberg
The purpose of this publication is to provide a systematic approach to designing a technical security architecture for the exchange of health information that
Evan K. Wallace, Allison Barnard Feeney, David Leal
The ISO subcommittee tasked with developing standards for industrial data, TC 184/SC 4, has recently undertaken an effort to define a new, more flexible
Representatives from manufacturers, academic research laboratories, the federal government and other organizations met on November 3rd and 4th, 2009 in