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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Framework for XML Schema Naming and Design Rules Development Tools

July 9, 2009

Author(s)

Katherine C. Morris, Joshua Lubell, Salifou Sidi Malick

Manufacturing industry is facing an enormous challenge today in trying to integrate a wide range of systems. The systems span the functional areas of...

Sensitivities and Variances for Fitted Parameters of Spheres

July 1, 2009

Author(s)

Christoph J. Witzgall, Marek Franaszek

Experimental data have been gathered by applying 3D imaging systems, such as LIDAR/LADAR instruments, to spherical objects. This report provides a compilation...

Thermometry Issues in Destruction Kinetics Measurements

June 26, 2009

Author(s)

Dean C. Ripple

Of all the aspects of destruction kinetics measurement, the one taken most for granted is temperature measurement. The ubiquity of digital thermometers and...

Hypothesis Test of Fingerprint-Image Matching Algorithms in Operational ROC Analysis

June 17, 2009

Author(s)

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

To evaluate the performance of fingerprint-image matching algorithms on large datasets, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is applied. From the...

Guidelines for Writing Clear Instructions and Messages for Voters and Poll Workers

June 5, 2009

Author(s)

Janice (Ginny) Redish, Sharon J. Laskowski

Voters are exercising an important right as American citizens. If they cannot understand how to use their voting materials, they may not be successful in voting...

MINEX II Performance of Fingerprint Match-on-Card Algorithms - Phase II/III Report

June 5, 2009

Author(s)

Patrick Grother, Wayne J. Salamon

The MINEX II trial was conducted to evaluate the accuracy and speed of Match-on-Card verification algorithms. These run on ISO/IEC 7816 smart cards. They...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis 2009

May 31, 2009

Author(s)

Amy S. Rushing, Barbara C. Lippiatt

This is the 2009 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and renewable...

Proceedings of the Dynamic Measurement and Control for Autonomous Manufacturing Workshop

May 29, 2009

Author(s)

Tsai H. Hong, Roger D. Eastman, Roger V. Bostelman, Hui-Min Huang, B. McMorris

The Dynamic Measurement workshop was held on October 10 - 11, 2007 at the Columbia Graduate Center of Loyola College in Maryland. Forty-eight people attended...

Report of Findings: Use of Language in Ballot Instructions

May 6, 2009

Author(s)

Janice G. Redish, Dana Chisnell, Ethan Newby, Sharon J. Laskowski, Svetlana Z. Lowry

In this study, we compared two ballots that differed only in wording and presentation of the language on the ballots. For Ballot A, we used conventional wording...

OntoSTEP: OWL-DL Ontology for STEP

May 4, 2009

Author(s)

Sylvere Krima, Raphael Barbau, Xenia Fiorentini, Sudarsan Rachuri, Ram D. Sriram

The Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (STEP) [1] contains product information mainly related to geometry. The modeling language used to develop...

Software Assurance Using Structured Assurance Case Models

May 1, 2009

Author(s)

Thomas R. Rhodes, Frederick E. Boland Jr., Elizabeth N. Fong, Michael J. Kass

Software assurance is an important part of the software development process to reduce risks and ensure that the software is dependable and trustworthy. Software...

Directions in Security Metrics Research

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen

More than 100 years ago, Lord Kelvin insightfully observed that measurement is vital to deep knowledge and understanding in physical science. During the last...

Super-Resolution Enhancement of Flash LADAR Range Data

April 30, 2009

Author(s)

Gavin Rosenbush, Tsai H. Hong, Roger D. Eastman

Flash LADAR systems are becoming increasingly popular for robotics applications. However, they generally provide a low-resolution range image because of the...

Markov Chain Analysis for Large-Scale Grid Systems

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski, Fern Y. Hunt

In large-scale grid systems with decentralized control, the interactions of many service providers and consumers will likely lead to emergent global system...

Biometric Quality The last 1% - Biometric quality assessment for error suppression

April 6, 2009

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother

Performance of biometric recognition systems degrades substantially as quality of the input samples drops. Although only a small fraction of input data are of...

An Independent Measurement System for Testing Automotive Crash Warning Systems

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Sandor S. Szabo, Joseph A. Falco, Richard J. Norcross

This report describes the National Institute of Standards and Technology's role in the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) program, a four-year...

An Evaluation of Automated Latent Fingerprint Identification Technology (Phase II)

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Michael D. Indovina, Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, Elham Tabassi, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother, Stephen Meagher, Michael D. Garris

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with the cooperation of eight technology providers, performed a test of accuracy for searching latent...

Thermal Performance of Fire Resistive Materials III. Fire Test on a Bare Steel Column

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Leonard M. Hanssen, Boris Wilthan

This report is part III in an ongoing series concerning the characterization and modeling of the thermal performance of fire resistive materials (FRMs). In part...

Evaluation of Oral Fluid Testing Devices

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Lorna T. Sniegoski, Jocelyn L. Prendergast, Michael J. Welch, Alim A. Fatah, M Gackstetter, R. Q. Thompson

Several point-of-collection (POC) devices for detection of drugs of abuse in oral fluid were studied. The ability of the devices to meet the manufacturers'...

EEEL Technical Accomplishments

March 30, 2009

Author(s)

Erik M. Secula

This document describes the technical work of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. In this report, you will find that EEEL researchers are...

Computer Security Division 2008 Annual Report

March 16, 2009

Author(s)

Patrick O'Reilly

This annual report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2008. It...

Analysis of Ventilation Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study

March 10, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, J Gorfain

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) study included a range of measurements in 100 randomly selected...

Fast Iterative Solver for Convection-Diffusion Systems with Spectral Elements

March 5, 2009

Author(s)

Aaron Lott, Howard Elman

We introduce a solver and preconditioning technique based on Domain Decomposition and the Fast Diagonalization Method that can be applied to tensor product...

Manufacturing Interoperability Program, a Synopsis

February 24, 2009

Author(s)

Sharon J. Kemmerer

Started in 2005, the Manufacturing Interoperability Program has seen an investment of roughly 25-30 full-time staff who have researched, developed, and deployed...

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2002-2005

February 5, 2009

Author(s)

Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Russell D. Day, Michael B. Ellisor, Aurore Guichard, Amanda J. Moors, David Point, Rebecca S. Pugh, David G. Roseneau

The Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has continued to collect and bank murre and gull eggs to obtain new information on chlorinated...

Best Practice Guidelines for Structural Fire Resistance Design of Concrete and Steel Structures DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681)

February 4, 2009

Author(s)

Long T. Phan

** DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681) ** This document is intended to provide practicing engineers and building code officials with a...

Study of interaction of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 with its activator, p25 and with the p25-derived inhibitor, CIP

January 15, 2009

Author(s)

Antonio Cardone, Ram D. Sriram, Wayne Albers, Harish C. Pant

A high-affinity inhibitor protein called CIP, which can be produced by small truncations of p35, was earlier identified by Amin, Albers, and Pant. P35 is one of...

Selected Impacts of Documentary Standards Supported by NIST

January 15, 2009

Author(s)

Erik Puskar

This report reflects the results of a survey that canvassed the National Institute of Standards and Technology s (NIST) Operating Units (OUs) for instances...

Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation II - Procedures and Results

January 12, 2009

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

In 2004, NIST conducted a fingerprint slap segmentation study [1] to assess the state-of-the-art in fingerprint segmentation technology. Given the development...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 5, 2009

Author(s)

Eyvon Petty

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

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