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NIST Pubs

BiCCL: The Biometric Client Configuration Language

Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff, Ross J. Micheals
In this paper, we introduce the Biometric Client Configuration Language, or BiCCL. BiCCL is a platform-independent, domain-specific language (DSL) that formally...

Global Structural Analysis of the Response of World Trade Center Building 7 to Fires and Debris Impact Damage. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-9A) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

Author(s)
R A. MacNeill, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, B D. Peterson, Robert T. Bocchieri, Therese P. McAllister
The objective of the work described in this report was to analyze the global response of WTC 7 to initial failure events due to fire and to analyze the...

Contaminant Accumulation and Removal in Building Plumbing Systems

Author(s)
Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, Daniel R. Flynn, David Wilmering, Thomas D. Montgomery, Kenneth D. Cole
This report summarizes measurements and results conducted to evaluate the accumulation and removal of water-borne contaminants in building plumbing systems. In...

Using the BACnet Communications DLL v1.0

Author(s)
Michael A. Galler
The BACnet standard [1] defines a communication protocol for information exchange between components of a distributed building automation and control system...

Building Air Change Rate Estimates for CBR Analysis

Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily
Building air change rates impact energy consumption for space conditioning and indoor contaminant levels in relation to general indoor air quality issues as...

Assessing Face Acquisition

Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals, John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi
The requirements necessary for taking a successful face picture are arguably the least constrained of any biometric. The camera must be operational, and the...

High power laser calibrations at NIST

Author(s)
Xiaoyu X. Li, Joshua A. Hadler, Christopher L. Cromer, John H. Lehman, Marla L. Dowell
This document describes the calibration service for the responsivity of laser power meters and detectors used with continuous wave high power lasers at laser...

Charpy Machine Verification: Limits and Uncertainty

Author(s)
Jolene Splett, Christopher N. McCowan, Chih-Ming Wang
The purpose of this document is to clarify some issues pertaining to uncertainty statements and the ASTM E 23 limits used in the Charpy machine verification...

Calibration of a Force Feedback Joystick

Author(s)
J H. Daruwalla, Nicholas Dagalakis
The objective of this project was to calibrate a commercially available force feedback joystick that could be used for the control of a laser beam optical...
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