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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Studies of Fingerprint Matching Using the NIST Verification Test Bed (VTB)

July 1, 2003

Author(s)

Charles L. Wilson, Craig I. Watson, Michael D. Garris, R. A. Hicklin

A series of fingerprint matching studies have been conducted on an experimental laboratory system called the Verification Test Bed (VTB). The VTB is a...

Report of Experimental Results for Tests 2,3, and 4 of the International Fire Model Benchmarking and Validation Exercise #3

July 1, 2003

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Michelle K. Donnelly, Erik L. Johnsson, Alexander Maranghides, George W. Mulholland

As part of its Fire Risk Research Program, the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) are participating...

Picture Password: A Visual Login Technique for Mobile Devices

July 1, 2003

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Serban I. Gavrila, Vladimir Korolev, Richard P. Ayers, Ryan Swanstrom

Adequate user authentication is a persistent problem, particularly with handheld devices, which tend to be highly personal and at the fringes of an organization...

Predicting Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector Response in the Ceiling Jet in the Presence of a Smoke Layer (NISTIR 6976)

July 1, 2003

Author(s)

William D. Davis, Thomas G. Cleary, Michelle K. Donnelly, S. D. Hellerman

An algorithm for predicting smoke or carbon monoxide concentration in the ceiling jet in the presence of a smoke layer is developed. The analysis will be...

BACnet Wide Area Network Security Threat Assessment.

July 1, 2003

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg

This technical report addresses inter-networked building automation and control systems (BAS or BCS) using the BACnet protocol [ANSI/ASHRAE, 2001]. The report...

Semiconductor Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Programs

July 1, 2003

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 imporvements in productivity and in...

Technical Requirements for Construction Materials Testing

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Mary J. DiBernardo

This document describes accreditation requirements for laboratories operating in the Construction Materials Testing (CMT) field. It was prepared by the...

NIST Research Library Benchmark Study, 2001: Summary Report

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

P J. Deutsch, Diane Cunningham, L A. Greenhouse, Susan L. Makar, W F. Overman, Susan A. Sanders, Barbara P. Silcox

In 2002, the NIST Research Library of the Information Services Division, Technology Services, benchmarked itself against other science and technology libraries...

A Survey of Design ? Analysis Integration Issues

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Greg Mocko, Steven J. Fenves

The report constitutes a survey of work directed towards the emergence of next-generation product development tools, specifically in the area of design-analysis...

Tolerance Synthesis Scheme

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Utpal Roy, N Pramanik, Sudarsan Rachuri, Ram D. Sriram, Kevin W. Lyons

The objective of this report is to identify representations and issues for the generic assembly information model and its use in a proactive tolerance synthesis...

Singular Integrals, Image Smoothness, and the Recovery of Texture in Image Deblurring

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

Total variation (TV) image deblurring is a PDE-based technique that preserves edges, but often eliminates vital small-scale information or texture. This...

User Manual for Finite Element and Finite Difference Programs: A Parallel Version of NISTIR 6269 and NISTIR 6997

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Robert B. Bohn, Edward J. Garboczi

This document contains the descriptions, algorithms, user information and listings of the parallel Fortran90/MPI versions of the suite of programs found in...

Report of Test on Experimental Conditions and Preliminary Results for the International Fire Model Benchmarking And Validation Exercise #3

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, Erik L. Johnsson, Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland

As part of its Fire Risk Research Program, the NRC (Nuclear regulatory Commission) and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) are participating...

Global Combustion Behavior of 1 MW to 3 MW Hydrocarbon Spray Fires Burning in an Open Environment (NISTIR 7013)

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Anthony P. Hamins, Alexander Maranghides, George W. Mulholland

A series of experiments were conducted in order to determine the global combustion behavior of a number of liquid fuels burning in a 1 MW to 3 MW spray fire in...

Semiconductor Industry IT Needs: Lessons Learned from Across the Engineering Chain

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Barbara L. Goldstein

This paper presents information gathered during a series of site visits conducted by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) staff between...

Master Product Model for the Support of Tighter Integration of Spatial and Functional Design

June 1, 2003

Author(s)

Steven J. Fenves, Young Choi, Balan Gurumoorthy, Greg Mocko, Ram D. Sriram

In this report, we review current engineering practices and the research literature in the area of design - analysis integration in the product development...

Electricity Division Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments

May 21, 2003

Author(s)

James K. Olthoff, Barry A. Bell

This book describes the research programs, activities, and recent accomplishments of the Electricity Division organized by research project. After the project...

Initial Graphics Exchange Specification Volume 2: Application Protocols

May 12, 2003

Author(s)

Curtis H. Parks

This document brings together the fundamental contents of application protocols (AP) developed by the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES)...

Comparison of ISO/IEC 17025 with the NUPIC Audit Checklist

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

C D. Faison

Representatives of the Nuclear Utilities Industry and the laboratory accreditation community met to discuss Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recognition of...

Vulnerabilities in Quantum Key Distribution Protocols

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn

Recently proposed quantum key distribution protocols are shown to be vulnerable to a classic man-in-the-middle attack using entangled pairs created by Eve. The...

Technology Adoption Indicators Applied to the ATP Flow Control Machining Project

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

M H. Brown, M A. Ehlen

This report introduces technology adoption indicators (TAIs) that can be used to assess whether particular industries are likely to adopt new technologies. The...

Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Ordinary Construction Warehouse

May 1, 2003

Author(s)

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

Two fire tests were conducted in a warehouse located in Phoenix, Arizona to develop data for evaluation of a methodology for predicting structural collapse. A...

Results from Field Testing of Air Handling Unit and Variable Air Volume Box Fault Detection Tools

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Schein, Steven T. Bushby, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, J House

Building heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) equipment routinely fails to satisfy performance expectations envisioned at design. Such failures often...

Energy Dissipation Devices for Bridges with Steel Superstructures

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael A. Riley

Recent earthquakes have clearly demonstrated the seismic vulnerability of bridges constructed with steel superstructures. The relative flexibility of these...

Policy Expression and Enforcement for Handheld Devices

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Tom T. Karygiannis, Vladimir Korolev, Serban I. Gavrila, Michaela Iorga

The use of mobile handheld devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and tablet computers, within the workplace is expanding rapidly. These devices...

COTS Security Protection Profile - Operating Systems (CSPP-OS) (Worked Example Applying Guidance of NISTIR-6462, CSPP) Version 1.0

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

G Stoneburner

CSPP-OS provides a worked example of the guidance in NISTIR-6462 for the development of Common Criteria Protection Profiles for commercial off the shelf (COTS)...

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 3.1 - A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, Kevin B. McGrattan

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational fluid dynamics...

LoopDA-Natural Ventilation Design and Analysis Software

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich

The Loop Equation Design Method has been proposed for sizing ventilation airflow components of natural and hybrid ventilation systems. While the approach has...

The NIST Human ID Evaluation Framework

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Ross J. Micheals, Patrick J. Grother, P J. Phillips

In this paper, we investigate the utility of static anthropometric distances as a biometric for human identification. The 3D landmark data from the CAESAR...

Experimental Testing of Roof to Wall Connections in Wood Frame Houses

April 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael A. Riley, Fahim H. Sadek

The majority of residential construction in the United States is wood-frame construction. These buildings perform well under gravity loads, but considerable...

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