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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Improving the Efficiency of Markov Chain Analysis of Complex Distributed Systems

December 20, 2010

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski

In large-scale distributed systems, the interactions of many independent components may lead to emergent global behaviors with unforeseen, often detrimental...

(NISTIR 7741) NIST Guide to the Processes Approach for Improving the Usability of Electronic Health Records

November 29, 2010

Author(s)

Robert M. Schumacher, Svetlana Z. Lowry

Usability has been a topic of considerable interest in the health IT community. This document provides NIST guidance for those developing electronic health...

(NISTIR 7743) Usability in Health IT: Technical Strategy, Research, and Implementation

November 29, 2010

Author(s)

Janice (Ginny) Redish, Svetlana Z. Lowry

On July 13, 2010, 27 roundtable discussion participants and more than 100 other attendees gathered at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

Toward a Preliminary Framework for Assessing the Trustworthiness of Software

November 26, 2010

Author(s)

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...

Biological Cell Feature Identification by a Modified Watershed-Merging Algorithm

November 24, 2010

Author(s)

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...

Comparison of Confidence Intervals for Large Operational Biometric Data by Parametric and Non-parametric Methods

November 23, 2010

Author(s)

Su L. Cheng, Ross J. Micheals, John Lu

Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) or Detection Error Trade-off (DET) curves are used to measure the performance of a biometric verification or...

WSQ Problem with Two-Thumb Captures from Large Platen Live-Scan Devices

November 18, 2010

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

This paper investigates an issue with the Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) compression algorithm which causes severe degradation of the compressed image. The...

Modeling, Simulation and Analysis for Sustainable Product Development

November 17, 2010

Author(s)

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...

SlapSegII Analysis: Matching Segmented Fingerprint Images

November 16, 2010

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

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...

(NISTIR 7742) Customized Common Industry Format Template for Electronic Health Record Usability Testing

November 16, 2010

Author(s)

Robert M. Schumacher, Svetlana Z. Lowry

This document provides a template for the modified version of Software engineering Software product Quality Requirements and Evaluation(SQuaRE) Common Industry...

2010 Programs of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory

November 5, 2010

Author(s)

Lisa J. Fronczek, Bessmarie A. Young

The National Institute of Standards and Technology s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) promotes innovation and the competitiveness of U.S...

Workflow and Electronic Health Records in Small Medical Practices

November 4, 2010

Author(s)

Mala Ramaiah, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Ram D. Sriram, Bettijoyce B. Lide

Open Monte Carlo Engine User Manual

November 3, 2010

Author(s)

Ruediger Kessel

The NIST 66 m Ball Range A One Dimensional Artifact to test Three Dimensional Imaging Systems

November 3, 2010

Author(s)

Bruce R. Borchardt, Craig M. Shakarji

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...

An Application of Combinatorial Methods to Conformance Testing for Document Object Model Events

November 1, 2010

Author(s)

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...

A Machining and Measurement Process Planning Activity Model for Manufacturing System Interoperability Analysis

October 29, 2010

Author(s)

Fiona Zhao, Frederick M. Proctor, John A. Horst

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...

Maintainers Manual for Version 2.2.1 of the NIST DMIS Test Suite

October 25, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, John A. Horst

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...

Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Project 25: Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) GUI Version 0.9.6

October 25, 2010

Author(s)

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...

System Builders Manual for Version 2.2.1 of the NIST DMIS Test Suite

October 25, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, John A. Horst

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...

Users Manual for Version 2.2.1 of the NIST DMIS Test Suite

October 25, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas R. Kramer, John A. Horst

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...

Bicubic B-Spline Surface Approximation of Invariant Tori

October 20, 2010

Author(s)

Sita Ramamurti, David E. Gilsinn

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...

Workshop on Quantitative Tools for Condition Assessment of Aging Infrastructure

October 14, 2010

Author(s)

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...

Validation of Two-Sample Bootstrap in ROC Analysis on Large Datasets Using AURC

October 11, 2010

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Raghu N. Kacker

Sampling variability can result in uncertainties of measures. The nonparametric two-sample bootstrap method has been used to compute uncertainties of measures...

Further Studies of Bootstrap Variability for ROC Analysis on Large Datasets

October 11, 2010

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Raghu N. Kacker

The nonparametric two-sample bootstrap is successfully applied to computing the measurement uncertainties in receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis on...

FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION, LOW EXPONENT LEVY STABLE LAWS, AND SLOW MOTION DENOISING OF HELIUM ION MICROSCOPE NANOSCALE IMAGERY

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso, Andras Vladar

Security Architecture Design Process for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs)

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Matthew Scholl, Kevin 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...

Requirements to Support a Modern Architecture for Industrial Data and Industrial Data Standards on the Semantic Web

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

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...

Constraint Generator User's Guide

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

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...

National Workshop on Challenges to Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing: Industry Drivers and R&D Needs

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

John A. Slotwinski

Representatives from manufacturers, academic research laboratories, the federal government and other organizations met on November 3rd and 4th, 2009 in...

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory Educational Version 2.0 User Guide

September 24, 2010

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

This document serves as the users guide for the educational version of the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software, version 2.0. Using...

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