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NIST SGIP Priority Action Plan 2, Guidelines for Assessing Wireless Standards for Smart Grid Applications

June 25, 2014

Author(s)

David E. Cypher, Nada T. Golmie

This report is a draft of key tools and methods to assist smart grid system designers in making informed decisions about existing and emerging wireless...

IREX V: Guidance for Iris Image Collection

June 12, 2014

Author(s)

George W. Quinn, JAmes Matey, Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother

This document provides guidance for the proper collection of iris images. Problems that occur during image acquisition can lead to poor quality samples. If the...

Life-Cycle Cost Comparison of the NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to a Maryland Code-Compliant Design

June 11, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach

June 10, 2014

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

This publication provides guidelines for applying the Risk Management Framework (RMF) to federal information systems. The six-step RMF includes security...

ITL Forensic Science Program

June 5, 2014

Author(s)

Barbara Guttman, Martin Herman, Michaela Iorga, Larry Feldman, Kim Quill

Forensic science provides the methodologies for understanding crime scenes. It is used for analyzing evidence, identifying suspects, and prosecuting and...

Reference Correlation of the Viscosity of n-Heptane from the Triple Point to 600 K and up to 248 MPa

June 5, 2014

Author(s)

E.K. Michailidou, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Richard A. Perkins

This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the viscosity of n-heptane. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental data...

Supplemental Guidance on Ongoing Authorization: Transitioning to Near Real-Time Risk Management

June 3, 2014

Author(s)

Kelley L. Dempsey, Ronald S. Ross, Kevin M. Stine

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-14-03, Enhancing the Security of Federal Information and Information Systems, reminds Federal agencies that,...

The ABCs of Using Standard Reference Materials in the Analysis of Foods and Dietary Supplements: A Practical Guide

June 2, 2014

Author(s)

Katherine E. Sharpless, David L. Duewer, Katrice A. Lippa, Andrew L. Rukhin

Although nutraceuticals and functional foods seem to be ill-defined terms, both are often used to indicate a food that contains compounds providing benefits...

Overview of the TREC-2012 Microblog Track

June 2, 2014

Author(s)

Ian M. Soboroff, Iadh Ounis, Jimmy Lin, Craig Macdonald

The Microblog track examines search tasks and evaluation meth- odologies for information seeking behaviours in microblogging en- vironments such as Twitter. It...

Computer Security Division 2013 annual report:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

Patrick O'Reilly, Lorie Richards

The ABCs of using standard reference materials in the analysis of foods and dietary supplements : a practical guide:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

Katherine E. Sharpless, Katrice A. Lippa, David A. Duewer, Andrew L. Rukhin

Standards Related to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) for Manufacturing:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

Gregory W. Vogl, Brian A. Weiss, M. Alkan Donmez

Applicability of Existing Materials Testing Standards for Additive Manufacturing Materials:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

John Slotwinski, Shawn Moylan

1588 Power Profile Test Plan:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

Carol Perkins, Jeff Laird, Ryan McEachern, Bob Noseworthy, Julien Amelot, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Kevin Brady

NIST time and frequency bulletin:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

Electricity storage in buildings for residential sector demand response : control algorithms and economic viability evaluation:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

Menglian Zheng, Christoph J. Meinrenken, Klaus S. Lackner

Disaster Resilience Workshop : April 7, 2014:

June 1, 2014

Author(s)

David R. Mizzen, Peter J. Vickery

Policy Machine: Features, Architecture, and Specification

May 31, 2014

Author(s)

David F. Ferraiolo, Serban I. Gavrila, Wayne Jansen

[Superseded by NISTIR 7987 Revision 1 (October 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913195] The ability to control access to...

Report of the 97th National Conference on Weights and Measures (2012)

May 30, 2014

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, David A. Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

The 97th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 15 through 19, 2012, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland...

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory: Version 9.5 User Guide

May 29, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

This document serves as the users guide for the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software, version 9.5. Using the VCCTL software, a user...

Maturity Model Concepts for Sustainable Manufacturing

May 21, 2014

Author(s)

Sudarsan Rachuri, Sanjay Jain

The general awareness of the need for use of earths resources in a sustainable manner has been increasing in recent years. Governments, commercial...

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Performance of Face Identification Algorithms NIST IR 8009

May 20, 2014

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother, Mei Lee Ngan

This report documents performance of one-to-many face identification algorithms, and compares it with that in 2010. Performance in this context refers...

Identifying Face Quality and Factor Measures for Video

May 20, 2014

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, P. Jonathon Phillips, James Filliben, J. R. Beveridge, Hao Zhang

This paper identifies important factors for face recognition algorithm performance in video. The goal of this study is to understand key factors that affect...

A Framework for Research Inventory of Manufacturing Sustainability Assessment

May 19, 2014

Author(s)

Juyeon Lee, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

There have been many research papers focused on development of guidelines, indicators, metrics, methods, tools, and systems all related to sustainability...

A Decision Guidance Framework for Sustainability Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Processes

May 19, 2014

Author(s)

Duck B. Kim, Seungjun Shin, Guodong Shao, Alexander Brodsky

In this paper, a decision guidance framework has been presented to provide decision support to industry users in manufacturing processes. The framework consists...

LTE Physical Layer Performance Analysis

May 15, 2014

Author(s)

Wen-Bin Yang, Michael R. Souryal

In this report, we present results of a physical layer performance study for all MCSs (from MCS0 to MCS28) in terms of block error rate (BLER) and spectral...

Characterization of Emissions from Spray Polyurethane Foam: Letter Report to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Interagency Agreement CPSC-I-13-0016

May 15, 2014

Author(s)

Dustin G. Poppendieck, Matthew P. Schlegel, Andrew K. Persily, Steven J. Nabinger

This letter report provides a project update reflecting the activities to date under the FY2013 interagency agreement between CPSC and NIST. The objective of...

Guidelines on Mobile Device Forensics

May 15, 2014

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Sam Brothers, Wayne Jansen

Mobile device forensics is the science of recovering digital evidence from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions using accepted methods. Mobile...

Small and Medium-size Business Information Security Outreach Program

May 13, 2014

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel, Kim Quill, Chris Johnson

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) represent 99.7 percent of all U.S. employers and are an important segment of the U.S. economy. These organizations...

Approximate matching : definition and terminology:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Frank Breitinger, Barbara Guttman, Michael McCarrin, Vassil Roussev, Douglas White

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