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John G. Hagedorn, Judith E. Terrill, Adele P. Peskin, James J. Filliben
We present methods for measuring errors in the rendering of three-dimensional points, line segments, and polygons in pixel-based computer graphics systems. We...
Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, Yaw S. Obeng, Michele L. Buckley
The microelectronics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling rapid improvements in productivity and in...
This handbook, which can be used as both a tutorial and a reference, describes practical techniques for frequency stability analysis. It covers the definitions...
Douglas C. Montgomery, J. S. Nightingale, Sheila E. Frankel, Mark E. Carson
This publication seeks to assist Federal agencies in formulating plans for the acquisition of IPv6 technologies. To achieve this, we define a standards profile...
NIST Handbook 150-17 presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation...
The Ontological Modeling Platform described in this paper is a class library for extended ontological operations, to support extension of ontology languages...
The system of programs described in this paper is concerned with estimating the damage ensuing from exposure of specimens in dry and humid atmospheres to UV and...
James S. Sims, John G. Hagedorn, Steven G. Satterfield, Terence J. Griffin, William L. George, Howard Hung, John T. Kelso, Thomas M. Olano, Adele P. Peskin, Judith E. Terrill, Garnett W. Bryant, Jose G. Diaz
This is the third in a series of articles that describe, through examples, how the Scientific Applications and Visualization Group (SAVG) at NIST has utilized...
Chriss A. Grosvenor, David R. Novotny, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke, Robert Johnk
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently completed shielding effectiveness/penetration studies on three different aircraft types for the...
A theoretical and practical framework is presented to aid in the design, fabrication and testing of transformer-like devices for use in high-accuracy ac current...
From inception to completion, software development projects need structure and organization so that good quality, user-friendly software is produced on time and...
Michele M. Schantz, Reenie M. Parris, Stephen A. Wise
In support of marine monitoring measurement programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts interlaboratory comparison exercises...
Joannie W. Chin, Sylvain H. Petit, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley
During routine field use of soft body armor, the ballistic panels often become saturated with perspiration. This unsavory condition motivates the user to clean...
In this report, we describe an extended corresponding states model for viscosity and thermal conductivity of mixtures implemented in version 8 of the NIST...
Owen B. Laug, David I. Bergman, T. M. Souders, Bryan C. Waltrip
The design and performance of A Next Generation Sampling Comparator Probe (NGSCP) is described. It is intended as one of a group of probes designed for use with...
This bulletin summarizes the information that was disseminated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in a November 2007 Federal Register...
The 2008 edition of NIST Handbook 150-17 incorporates changes resulting from the release of the newest editions of ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the...
NIST Handbook 150-22, NVLAP Voting System Testing, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Voting...
Using aerosol delivery devices to administer new therapeutic drugs through the pulmonary system is emerging as an efficacious way to engage several diseases...
The Optical Technology Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new instrument designed to measure the surface...
Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals, John W. Wydler II, Nien F. Zhang, Lawrence Nadel, William Rubin
As the deployment of biometric technologies such as fingerprints has become more widespread in government applications there is an increased awareness of the...
At any point on a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve in combination with two distributions of genuine scores and impostor scores, there are three...
1. Table 23-2-(3.16400)-db - Pages db-2156.0 through db-2156.2: New table for 9-(3-cyclopentylpropyl)heptadecane containing the density for the real fluid at...
Chriss A. Grosvenor, David R. Novotny, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke, Robert Johnk, Seturnino Canales
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completed shielding effectiveness/penetration studies on three different aircraft types for the Federal...
A retrofit study is being conducted to investigate the airtightness, ventilation and energy impacts of tightening the exterior envelope and the heating and air...