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NIST Pubs

GerberTranslator: Moving towards new PCB standards

Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff, John V. Messina
This paper describes the key features of the NIST-developed software tool called ?GerberTranslator?. GerberTranslator is a software translator which automates

Computer Security Division 2004 Annual Report

Author(s)
Tanya L. Brewer
This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2004. It

Overview of the TREC 2004 Question Answering Track

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
The TREC 2004 Question Answering track contained a single task in which question series were used to define a set of targets. Each series contained factoid and

Overview of the TREC 2004 Robust Retrieval Track

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
The robust retrieval track explores methods for improving the consistency of retrieval technology by focusing on poorly performing topics. The retrieval task in

Overview of TREC 2004

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
This report provides an overview of the thirteenth Text REtrieval Conference, TREC 2004. TREC 2004 was held at the National Institute of Standards and

Overview of the TREC 2004 Novelty Track

Author(s)
Ian M. Soboroff
TREC 2004 marks the third and final year for the Novelty Track. The task is as follows: Given a TREC topic and an ordered list of documents, systems must find

Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials

Author(s)
Robert Keller, David T. Read, Roop L. Mahajan
The Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials was held at the Boulder Laboratories of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on August

Two Finger Matching with Vendor SDK Matchers

Author(s)
Craig I. Watson, Charles L. Wilson, Michael D. Indovina, Brian J. Cochran
This report is an extension of the NIST Studies of one-to-one Fingerprint Matching with Vendor SDK Matchers which evaluated the accuracy of SDK (Software

A Review of Building Evacuation Models

Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock
Evacuation calculations are increasingly becoming a part of performance-based analyses to assess the level of life safety provided in buildings. In some cases
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