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Conferences

The Role of Choice in Discovery

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

J E. Devaney

The discovery of functional forms can be divided into three tasks:1 - choosing a search technique to find the set of best equationswithin the limitations of...

A Reliable Message Delivery Protocol for Mobile Agents

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Mudumbai Ranganathan, M Bednarek, Douglas C. Montgomery

The abstractions and protocol mechanisms that form the basis for inter-agent communications can significantly impact the overall design and effectiveness of...

Automatic Language Model Adapation for Spoken Document Retrieval

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

C G. Auzanne, John S. Garofolo, Jonathan G. Fiscus, W M. Fisher

This paper describes experiments implemented at NIST in adapting language models over time to improve recognition of broadcast news recorded over many months...

A Generalized Approach for Transferring Data-Types with Arbitrary Communication Libraries

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Martial Michel, J E. Devaney

We present a generalized algorithm for implementing a communications library for dynamic data structures created with heterogeneous composed data types such as...

Effects of Domain Interfaces on the Rheological Properties of Polybutadiene/Polyisoprene Blends.

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

H Jeon, A Nakatani, Charles C. Han, R H. Colby

Mechanical Properties, Biocompatibility and Controlled Release of Transforming Growth Factor from Composite Bone Grafts Consisting of Calcium Phosphate Cement and Biodegradable Particulates

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

C A. Khatri, Francis W. Wang, Carl G. Simon Jr.

Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements for the Characterization of Lithographically Prepared Structures

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Wen-Li Wu, Eric K. Lin, Q Lin, M Angelopolous

Structural Evolution of Silsesquioxane-based Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Networks

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Christopher L. Soles, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, C X. Zhang, R M. Laine

Structure and Property Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Porous Thin Films Determined by X-ray Reflectivity and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Eric K. Lin, V. J. Lee, Barry J. Bauer, Haonan Wang, J T. Wetzel, Wen-Li Wu

Incorporation of Stereo-, Regio-, and Comonomer Defects Into the Crystalline Regions of Isotactic Polypropylene: Results From Nmr, Molecular Dynamics, and Chemical-Shift Calculations.

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

David L. VanderHart, Marc R. Nyden, R G. Alamo, L Mandelkern

The Optical Properties of Materials

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley, J R. Chelikowsky, S G. Louie, G Martinez

This is the end material (e.g. title page, index) for the Materials Research Society Proceedings of a Symposium that the NIST author co-organized.

High Resolution Inter- and Intramolecular Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Bonded Clusters: Benchmark Tests of Theory

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

David J. Nesbitt, S Davis, D T. Anderson

The combination of i) cw tunable differences frequency generation, ii) shot noise limited absorption and iii) long path length slit supersonic expansions...

Application of First-Principles Calculations to the Correlation of Water's Second Virial Coefficient

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey

An estimate is made of water's second virial coefficient by integrating an accurate pair potential. The calculated values are correlated as a function of...

Power Spectral Density Functions for Si Wafer Surfaces Using Six Measurement Techniques

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Egon Marx, I J. Malik, T Bristow, N Poduje, J C. Stover

Power spectral densities (PSDs) were used to characterize a set of surfaces over a wide range of lateral as well as perpendicular dimensions. Twelve 200-mm...

A Novel Artifact for Testing Large Coordinate Measuring Machines

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Steven D. Phillips, Daniel S. Sawyer, Bruce R. Borchardt, David E. Ward, D E. Beutel

We present a high accuracy artifact useful for the evaluation of large CMMs. This artifact can be physically probed by the CMM in contrast to conventional...

A Simplified Realization for the Gaussian Filter in Surface Metrology

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Y B. Yuan, Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Thomas B. Renegar

A simplified realization for the Gaussian filter in surface metrology is presented in this paper. The sampling function sinu/u is used for simplifying the...

Computation of Light Scattered Into Detector

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Egon Marx

To compare the measured bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of a rough surface to the results of a computation, we have to take into account...

NIST artifact standards for fiber optic metrology

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams

The primary means of transferring fiber optic calibration metrology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is through artifact standards called...

A Bandwidth Guaranteed Multi-Access Protocol for WDM Local Networks

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

J S. Choi, Nada T. Golmie, David H. Su

In this paper, we propose a bandwidth guaranteed multi-access protocol for broadcast-and-select WDM local networks with a star topology. The proposed protocol...

A Comparison of ITS-90, Above the Silver Point, as Realised by NIST and NPL

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Graham Machin, Charles E. Gibson, B. Carol Johnson, Howard Yoon

A comparison of the radiance temperature scales between 1000 C and 2700 C has been performed between the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the National...

Optical Fiber Power Measurements

January 1, 2000

Author(s)

Igor Vayshenker, Xiaoyu X. Li, David J. Livigni, Thomas Scott

We describe NIST measurement services for the calibration of optical fiber power meters. To augment the absolute power measurements NIST provides nonlinearity...