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Hydra User's Guide

Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff
This document is intended to be a User's Guide to Hydra. It is aimed toward the standards development engineers and other technical users who may be interested

Relativity of Explicit Conceptual Models

Author(s)
David W. Flater
Explicit conceptual models are supposed to capture knowledge of lasting value in a reusable form. Reuse of explicit conceptual models is hampered by arbitrary

PDA Forensic Tools: an Overview and Analysis

Author(s)
Richard Ayers, Wayne Jansen
Adequate user authentication is a persistent problem, particularly with mobile devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), which tend to be highly

Metric Mapping Concepts for TIA

Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Jean C. Scholtz
In this paper, we present a metrics framework and the underlying concepts that were used to help structure a series of evaluations of software tools to support

Inputs and Outputs in PSL

Author(s)
Conrad Bock, Michael Gruninger
Inputs and outputs are ubiquitous in flow modeling, including popular programming languages. This paper examines how inputs and outputs can be formalized in the

The NIST Road Network Database: Version 1.0

Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Anthony J. Barbera, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Jerome G. Ajot, Eric Hui, M Paredes
For an autonomous vehicle to be able to navigate a road network, it must be aware of and must respond appropriately to any object it encounters. This includes

The NIST Road Network Database: Version 1.0

Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Tony Barbera, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Jerome G. Ajot, Eric Hui
For an autonomous vehicle to be able to navigate a road network, it must be aware of and must respond appropriately to any object it encounters. This includes

Triangular Meshing and Volume Determination

Author(s)
Christoph J. Witzgall, Geraldine Cheok
Parametric studies are reported for investigating the feasibility and accuracy of calculating volumes from LADAR scans of artifacts. The TIN (=Triangulated

Semiconductor Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Programs

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

Studies of One-to-One Fingerprint Matching With Vendor SDK Matchers

Author(s)
Craig I. Watson, Charles L. Wilson, Karen Marshall, Michael D. Indovina, Robert D. Snelick
NIST has conducted testing of one-to-one SDK (Software Development Kit) based COTS fingerprint matching systems to evaluate the accuracy of one-to-one matching

The AMIS Approach to Systems Integration: An Overview

Author(s)
Donald E. Libes, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Peter O. Denno, David Flater, Michelle P. Steves, Evan K. Wallace, Allison Barnard Feeney
This paper is an overview of the AMIS (Automated Methods for Integrating Systems) project approach to systems integration. The objective of the AMIS project is

Computer Security Division 2003 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 the Fiscal Year 2003. It

Studies of Biometric Fusion Executive Summary

Author(s)
Craig I. Watson, Brad Ulery, R. A. Hicklin, William Fellner, P Halinan
This is an evaluation of different score-level fusion techniques, and the results of a variety of fusion experiments using face and fingerprint data from 187
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