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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Cost-Effective Responses to Terrorist Risks in Constructed Facilities

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, C J. Leng

The owners and managers of constructed facilities face the challenge of responding to potential future terrorist attacks in a financially responsible manner...

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...

Semiconductor Factory and Equipment Time Synchronization

February 25, 2004

Author(s)

Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Brad Van Eck

With the advent of e-manufacturing including automated process control (APC), such as fault detection classification (FDC), more stringent accuracy requirements...

Workflow Automation in a B2B Web-Portal Testbed

February 10, 2004

Author(s)

Marjane Mabrouk, Frederic J. de Vaulx, Tom Rhodes

The work described in this report, focused on specifying and managing different steps of a Business-to-Business (B2B) workflow by developing and integrating a...

Comparative Statistical Analysis of Test Parts Manufactured in Production Environments

February 2, 2004

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn, Alice V. Ling

Estimating error uncertainties arising in production parts isnot a well understood process. This study developed an approach to estimatethese uncertainties...

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory: Annual Report FY2003

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

W Koch, Eric B. Steel, Ellyn S. Beary

This report summarizes the research and services provided by the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and...

Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 Supplemental Report

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother

Further analyses of the systems tested in the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 are reported. These supplement those covered in the primary Evaluation Report of...

Advanced Engineering Environments for Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Volume II

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Steven J. Fenves, Ram D. Sriram, Young Choi, J P. Elm, J E. Robert

To assist the Small Manufacturing Enterprise (SME) in adopting Advanced Engineering Environments (AEEs), this report provides two self-assessment tools; the...

From Databooks to Online Dictionaries and Parts Catalogues

January 5, 2004

Author(s)

John V. Messina, James A. St Pierre

This power point presentation was presented at the 4th Annual ECCMA Membership Conference at Lehigh University on October 22nd, 2003 during a panel presentation...

Satellite Instrument Calibration for Measuring Global Climate Change

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Raju V. Datla, G W. Ohring, R Spencer, William Emery

Shape-Sensitive Linewidth Measurements of Resist Structures

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia, Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek

Widths of developed 193 nm resist lines were measured by two methods and compared. One method was a new model-based library method. In this method the scanning...

Submillimeter and THz Detection of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate in Air

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Vyacheslav B. Podobedov, R J. Lavrich, T M. Korter, Gerald T. Fraser, David F. Plusquellic, A C. Samuels

Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Eyvon Petty

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

Proficiency Test Policy and Plan (for State Weights & Measures Laboratories)

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris, J C. Gust

As part of the State Laboratory Program (SLP) described in NIST Handbook 143, the WMD is responsible for Regional Measurement Assurance Programs (RMAPs) where...

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