NIST Pubs

Detecting Faults in Building Air Handling Units - A Background Study for Developing Intelligent Agents for Optimizing Building HVAC Systems

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

George E. Kelly, Steven T. Bushby

One approach to the optimization of building heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems involves the use of intelligent agents. These Agents can

Release of NIST Special Publication 800-52 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations

April 29, 2014

Author(s)

Kerry A. McKay, Kim Quill, Gregory A. Witte

NIST SP 800-52, Revision 1 provides guidance to U.S. Government information system managers for the selection and configuration of TLS protocol implementations

Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

William T. Polk, Kerry A. McKay, Santosh Chokhani

Transport Layer Security (TLS) provides mechanisms to protect sensitive data during electronic dissemination across the Internet. This Special Publication

Verification and Validation of Commonly Used Empirical Correlations for Fire Scenarios

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Kristopher J. Overholt

This document was created as part of a fire model verification and validation study conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Electric

CVSS Implementation Guidance

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua M. Franklin, Charles W. Wergin, Harold Booth

This Interagency Report provides guidance to individuals scoring vulnerabilities using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 2.0 scoring

Human Engineering Design Criteria Standards Part 1: Project Introduction and Existing Standards

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Susanne M. Furman, Mary F. Theofanos, Hannah Wald

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires general human systems integration (HSI) criteria for the design and development of human-machine interfaces

Human Engineering Design Criteria Standards Part 2: Methodology and Interview Results

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Susanne M. Furman, Mary F. Theofanos, Sam Chapman

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires general human systems integration (HSI) criteria for the design and development of human-machine interfaces

An improved method of modeling infiltration in commercial building energy models

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Lisa C. Ng, Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily

As various strategies for improving building envelope and HVAC equipment efficiencies are increasingly used to reduce building energy use, a greater percentage

Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year 2013

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Ronald F. Boisvert

This report summarizes the technical work of the Applied and Computational Sciences Division of NISTs Information Technology Laboratory. Part I (Overview)

The ghost in the machine: Don't let it haunt your software performance measurements

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Vreda Pieterse, David Flater

This paper describes pitfalls, issues, and methodology for measuring software performance. Ideally, measurement should be performed and reported in such a way

Seventeenth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux

BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ARCHIVAL OF SEA TURTLE TISSUES (BEMAST): Rationale, Protocols, and Initial Collections of Banked Sea Turtle Tissues

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

Jennifer M. Lynch, Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) expanded its analytical measurement and specimen banking capabilities into the U.S. Pacific Islands

STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 2)

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter, Spring, and Fall 1995 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robins XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXV Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum and Round Robins 7 and 8 Ascorbic Acid in H

April 25, 2014

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Katherine E. Sharpless, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Sam A. Margolis

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure

Exploring the Methodology and Utility of Standardized Latent Fingerprint Matcher Scoring

April 24, 2014

Author(s)

Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, George W. Quinn

Explores methods for defining a standardized matcher score for Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS). A standardized score facilitates evaluating

Residential Home Performance Contracting Round Robin Guidelines

April 17, 2014

Author(s)

Michael Lubliner, Rick Kunkle, David Hales, Melinda Spencer

These guidelines describe the important considerations for planning, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating the results of a Home Performance Contactor (HPC)

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise J Final Report

April 16, 2014

Author(s)

Laura J. Wood, Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Mary Bedner, Kaitlyn Chieh, Rick L. Paul

The NIST Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) was established in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of

Concepts & Engineering Aspects of a Neutron Resonance Spin-Echo Spectrometer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research

April 8, 2014

Author(s)

Jeremy C. Cook

After a brief introduction, the Neutron Resonance Spin Echo (NRSE) principle is discussed classically in Sec. 2. In Sec. 3, two idealized 4-coil NRSE

United States Federal Employees' Password Management Behaviors A Department of Commerce Case Study

April 8, 2014

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Hung-Kung Liu

Passwords are the most prevalent method used by the public and private sectors for controlling user access to systems. Organizations establish security policies