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NIST Pubs

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[Superseded by NISTIR 7987 Revision 1 (October 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913195] The ability to control access to...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

Guidelines on mobile device forensics:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Rick Ayers, Sam Brothers, Wayne Jansen

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory : version 9.5 user guide:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

Life-cycle cost comparison of the NIST net zero energy residential test facility to a Maryland code-compliant design:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Joshua Kneifel

Identifying face quality and factor measures for video:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

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

Design and Testing of a Mobile Touchscreen Interface for Multi-Modal Biometric Capture:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Kristen K. Greene, Ross J. Michaels, Kayee Kwong, Gregory P. Fiumara

Policy machine : features, architecture, and specification:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

David Ferraiolo, Serban Gavrila, Wayne Jensen

LTE physical layer performance analysis:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Wen-Bin Yang, Michael Souryal

NIST time and frequency bulletin:

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

A Roadmap to Advance Measurement Science in Robot Dexterity and Manipulation

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Elena R. Messina

In order for robots to expand their applicability within manufacturing operations, their dexterity needs to advance considerably. There is active research in...

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 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...

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

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Vreda Pieterse, David W. Flater

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

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

April 28, 2014

Author(s)

Susanne M. Furman, Mary 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...

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