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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Messaging in the Process Specification Language

Author(s)
Conrad Bock, Michael Gruninger
This paper characterizes messages by the constraints they place on participation of entities in processes. Constraints are expressed in two ways: informally as

Healthcare Strategic Focus Area: Clinical Informatics

Author(s)
Conrad Bock, Lisa Carnahan, Steven J. Fenves, Michael Gruninger, V Kashyap, Bettijoyce B. Lide, Jim G. Nell, Ravi S. Raman, Ram D. Sriram
NIST has conducted several workshops and other information gathering activities, that have identified several key strategic opportunities in healthcare

GerberTranslator: Moving towards new PCB standards

Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff, John V. Messina
This paper describes the key features of the NIST-developed software tool called ?GerberTranslator?. GerberTranslator is a software translator which automates

Computer Security Division 2004 Annual Report

Author(s)
Tanya L. Brewer
This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2004. It

Two Finger Matching with Vendor SDK Matchers

Author(s)
Craig I. Watson, Charles L. Wilson, Michael D. Indovina, Brian J. Cochran
This report is an extension of the NIST Studies of one-to-one Fingerprint Matching with Vendor SDK Matchers which evaluated the accuracy of SDK (Software

Data Transfer Strategy for Machine Shop Simulation

Author(s)
Yung-Tsun Lee, Yan Luo
Manufacturing simulation systems normally provide interfaces for data import and export using proprietary formats. Dependent data interfaces limit simulation

Semiconductor Microelectronics and Naoelectronics Programs

Author(s)
Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, Michele L. Buckley
The microelectronics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling rapid improvements in productivity and in

Modeling Solid Sample Burning With FDS

Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, L W. Gewuerz, Kevin B. McGrattan, Glenn P. Forney
Black PMMA was burned in the cone calorimeter in two orientations (horizontal and vertical), at imposed radiant heat fluxes of (0, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 75) kW/m2

NIST Intercomparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment: Description and Results of 2003 Organic Intercomparison Exercises; Exercise Materials: Mussel Tissue XI (QA03TIS1) and Marine Sediment XII (QA03SED12)

Author(s)
Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick, Reenie M. Parris, Dianne L. Poster, Stephen A. Wise
In support of marine monitoring measurement programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts yearly interlaboratory comparison

HiCASS Target Tracking Sensor Study

Author(s)
Richard J. Norcross
The High Capacity Alongside Sea base Sustainment (HiCASS) program intends to generate substantial improvements in skin-to-skin at-sea replenishment. HiCASS

Nonparametric Analysis of Fingerprint Data

Author(s)
Jin Chu Wu, Charles L. Wilson
This paper demonstrates that, for large-scale tests, the match and non-match similarity scores have no specific underlying distribution function. The forms of
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