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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

An Assessment of Passive Microwave and Millimeterwave Sensors for the Standoff Detection of Chemical Agents

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Gerald T. Fraser, Angela R. Hight Walker

Triangular Meshing and Volume Determination

July 1, 2004

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

July 1, 2004

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...

Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation 2003: Summary of Results and Analysis Report

June 30, 2004

Author(s)

Charles L. Wilson, Patrick J. Grother, Ross J. Micheals, S C. Otto, Craig I. Watson, R. A. Hicklin, H Korves, Brad Ulery, M Zoepfl

The Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE) 2003 was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of fingerprint matching, identification, and verification...

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

June 24, 2004

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...

Traceability for microwave remote-sensing radiometry

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

James P. Randa

A plan is presented for developing a standard for brightness temperature at microwave frequencies, as well as two different methods for transferring this...

Impact of Sprinklers on the Fire Hazard in Dormitories: Day Room Fire Experiments (NIST IR 7120)

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup, William D. Walton

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted two series of full-scale fire experiments in abandoned dormitory buildings. The objective of...

Time Synchronization for Electronic Distributed Systems

May 28, 2004

Author(s)

John D. Gale, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

Synchronization of clocks in electronic distributed systems has become critical in an increasing number of applications. Accurate knowledge of the correct time...

Performance Analysis of Next-Generation LADAR for Manufacturing, Construction, and Mobility

May 6, 2004

Author(s)

William C. Stone, Maris Juberts, Nicholas Dagalakis, Jack A. Stone Jr., Jason J. Gorman

The NIST Construction Metrology and Automation Group (CMAG), in cooperation with the NIST Intelligent Systems Division (ISD), is developing performance metrics...

Simulation of the Dynamics of a Fire in the Basement of a Hardware Store- New York, June 17, 2001

May 1, 2004

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Stephen Kerber

A computer based fire model, Fire Dynamic Simulator was used to reconstruction a portion of a fire that occurred in the basement of a hardware store. A FDS...

The AMIS Approach to Systems Integration: An Overview

May 1, 2004

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...

Predicting the Performance of Gaseous Air Cleaners Measurements and Model Simulations From a Residential-Scale Pilot Study

May 1, 2004

Author(s)

Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger, Steven Emmerich

As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the predictive capability of indoor air quality (IAQ) simulation tools, the National Institute of Standards and...

Computer Security Division 2003 Annual Report

April 30, 2004

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...

NIST-SFPE Workshop for Development of a National R&D Roadmap for Structural Fire Safety Design and Retrofit of Structures: Proceedings

April 20, 2004

Author(s)

K H. Almand, Long Phan, Therese P. McAllister, M A. Starnes, John L. Gross

This report describes the results of the workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Laboratory that...

Studies of Biometric Fusion Executive Summary

April 19, 2004

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...

Common Biometric Exchange File Format (CBEFF), Augmented

April 15, 2004

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, J S. Dunn, L Reinert, C J. Tilton, L O'Gorman, P Collier, Mark Jerde, B Wirtz

This report is an augmentation of the original standard, which was published as NISTIR 6529 (January 2001). Common Biometric Exchange File Format (CBEFF)...

Fingerprint Image Quality

April 13, 2004

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Charles Wilson, Craig I. Watson

In this report, we propose a new definition of quality of fingerprint impressions and present detailed algorithms to measure image quality for fingerprints. We...

Fire Safety of Passenger Trains. Phase 3. Evaluation of Fire Hazard Analysis Using Full-Scale Passenger Rail Car Tests (NISTIR 6563)

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup, Paul A. Reneke, Richard W. Bukowski

Fire safety is an area of particular interest for both conventional intercity and commuter passenger trains, and new high-speed trains. A systems approach to...

Forensic Software Testing Support Tools: Test Summary Report

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Elizabeth N. Fong, Serban I. Gavrila

The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of...

Chaotic Scattering and Escape Times of Marginally Trapped Ultracold Neutrons

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kevin Coakley, J M. Doyle, S N. Dzhosyuk, L Yang, Paul R. Huffman

We compute classical trajectories of Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) in a superconducting Ioffe-type magnetic trap using a symplectic integration method. We find that...

Forensic Software Testing Support Tools: Test Plan, Test Design Specification, Test Case Specification

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Serban I. Gavrila, Elizabeth N. Fong

The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of...

2nd Annual PKI Research Workshop Proceedings

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Carl M. Ellison, William Polk, Nelson Hastings, Sean W. Smith

NIST hosted the second annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 28-29, 2003. The two-day event brought together PKI experts from...

A Welding Data Dictionary

March 31, 2004

Author(s)

William G. Rippey

This data dictionary specifies data elements that are used to describe the design, fabrication and inspection of weldments. It comprises welding information...

Feature-Based Inspection and Control System

March 8, 2004

Author(s)

Thomas Kramer, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, Harry A. Scott

This report describes an architecture and software system for automatically performing process planning and control code generation for cutting and inspecting...

Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Wood Frame Structures

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

D W. Stroup, Nelson P. Bryner, James J. Lee, Jay A. McElroy, G Roadarmel, W H. Twilley

A series of fire tests were conducted in Phoenix, Arizona to develop data for evaluation of a methodology for predicting structural collapse. The fire test...

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory Consortium Annual Report 2003

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) Consortium was formed in January 2001. Headquartered in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory...

Limits to the Effectiveness of Metal-Containing Fire Suppressants. Final Technical Report (NISTIR 7177)

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris

This report reviews the literature on metal inhibition of flames and identifies metal species with potential as fire suppressant additives. To provide a basis...

Card Technology Developments and Gap Analysis Interagency Report

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Deborah Howard, Timothy Grance, Levent Eyuboglu

This Card Technology Developments and Gap Analysis Interagency Report (IR) provides information regarding current technical capabilities and limitations of...

Partical Size Analysis by Laser Diffraction Spectrometry: Application to Cementitious Powders

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Vincent A. Hackley, Lin-Sien H. Lum, V Gintautas, Chiara F. Ferraris

Automated Composition of Conversion Software

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Given a library of converters with known behaviors, an integration engine must determine which are useful in a given scenario and produce a plan for how they...

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