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Jessica L. Reiner, Jennifer Hoguet, Jennifer M. Keller, Steven G. O'Connell, John R. Kucklick, Colleen E. Bryan, W. Clay Davis, Amanda Moors, Rebecca Pugh, Paul R. Becker
Amanda P. Robbins, Erica D. Kuligowski, Steve M. Gwynne
A systematic approach to the identification of fire-safety scenarios for analysis is desirable in order to identify important scenarios and to help ensure a...
Mark L. Badger, Timothy Grance, Robert Patt-Corner, Jeffrey M. Voas
This document reprises the NIST-established definition of cloud computing, describes cloud computing benefits and open issues, presents an overview of major...
Marc L. Levitan, Long T. Phan, Erica D. Kuligowski, Franklin T. Lombardo, David P. Jorgensen
Following the May 22, 2011 tornado that devastated the City of Joplin, NIST sent four engineers to Missouri on May 24 through May 28 to conduct a preliminary...
Shawn P. Moylan, April L. Cooke, Kevin K. Jurrens, John A. Slotwinski, M A. Donmez
A standardized test part can be used to quantitatively evaluate the performance of a machine or process. This document reviews existing test artifacts used to...
Charles R. McLean, Sanjay Jain, Yung-Tsun Lee, Charles W. Hutchings
This document provides general guidance that is designed to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Program Managers who may have limited expertise...
This report summarizes the technical work of the Applied and Computational Sciences Division of NISTs Information Technology Laboratory.Part I (Overview)...
Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Mehdi Dadfarnia
This paper describes how modeling and simulation can play a major role in developing standards recommendations for patient compartment layout of automotive...
Yooyoung Lee, James J. Filliben, Ross J. Micheals, P J. Phillips
The purpose of this paper is to introduce an effective and structured methodology for carrying out a biometric system sensitivity analysis. The goal of...
Richard D. Peacock, Erica D. Kuligowski, Jason D. Averill
Historically, building egress systems have evolved in response to specific large loss incidents. Currently, systems are designed around a concept of providing...
This report provides an overview of the 26 standards developed within the ASTM Subcommittee on Building Economics, E06.81, along with a description of how these...
This bulletin summarizes the information that is included in revised Federal Information Processing Standard 180-4, Secure Hash Standard. The revised standard...
Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public...
We have employed finite element analysis to develop computational Seebeck coefficient metrology simulations. This approach enables a unique exploration of...
It has become common practice to automate data acquisition from programmable instrumentation and a range of different software solutions fulfill this task. Many...
Dosimeters used to monitor industrial irradiation processing commonly experience significant temperature rises that must be considered in the dose analysis...
The purpose of this document is to recommend a practice for the representation of electronic component catalog data in STEP AP210 (ISO-10303:210). Catalog data...
Customer demand and regulatory requirements continue to drive automakers to develop vehicles with higher levels of fuel efficiency and structural performance...