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A Simulation and Gaming Architecture for Manufacturing Research, Testing, and Training

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Sanjay Jain, Yung-Tsun Lee, Frank H. Riddick

Manufacturing systems are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been demonstrated to be an effective tool for improving the efficiency...

The 'Median' Method for the Reduction of Noise and Trigger Jitter on Waveform Data

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Donald R. Larson

The 'median' method for the reduction of the effect of noise and trigger jitter on waveform data is described. The effectiveness of this method was examined...

Boundary/Contour Fitted Grid Generation for Effective Visualizations in a Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Bonita V. Saunders, Qiming Wang

Effective visualizations can help researchers obtain a more complete understanding of high-level mathematical functions that arise in mathematics, statistics...

Relative Permittivity and Loss Tangent Measurement Using the NIST 60 mm Cylindrical Cavity

August 31, 2005

Author(s)

Michael D. Janezic, Jolene D. Splett, Kevin J. Coakley, Raian K. Kaiser, John H. Grosvenor Jr

In order to develop a dielectric Standard Reference Material (SRM), a measurement system for measuring the relative permittivity and loss tangent of dielectric...

GerberTranslator: Moving towards new PCB standards

August 29, 2005

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...

Recommendation for Key Management - Part 2: Best Practices for Key Management Organization

August 25, 2005

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker, William E. Burr, William Polk, Miles E. Smid

Best Practices for Key Management Organization, Part 2 of the Recommendation for Key Management is intended primarily to address the needs of system owners and...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-5 2005 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING

August 21, 2005

Author(s)

Betty A. Sandoval

NIST Handbook 150-5, NVLAP Construction Materials Testing, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-4 2005 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program IONIZING RADIATION DOSIMETRY

August 21, 2005

Author(s)

Betty A. Sandoval

NIST Handbook 150-4, NVLAP Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-8 2005 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program ACOUSTICAL TESTING SERVICES

August 21, 2005

Author(s)

Betty A. Sandoval

NIST Handbook 150-8, NVLAP Acoustical Testing Services, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP...

Recommendation for Key Management, Part 1: General

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker, William E. Burr, William T. Polk, Miles Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-57 Part 1 Revised (May 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917474] This Recommendation provides...

CFAST: Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6). User's Guide.

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Walter W. Jones, Paul Reneke, Glenn P. Forney

CFAST is a two-zone fire model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving...

Computer Security Division 2004 Annual Report

August 1, 2005

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...

Consumer Packaging Labeling Guide: Selling by Volume

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

K M. Dresser

[Withdrawn (February 13, 2018)] Guide is intended to provide manufacturers, packers, distributors, and retailers of packaged products with information about the...

Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Labeling by Weight

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

K M. Dresser

[Withdrawn (February 13, 2018)] Guide is intended to provide manufacturers, packers, distributors, and retailers of packaged products with information about the...

CFAST Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6): User s Guide

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Walter W. Jones, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke

Papers From 1991-2005 Halon Options Technical Working Conferences (HOTWC)

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Paul A. Reneke

Overview of the TREC 2004 Question Answering Track

August 1, 2005

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

August 1, 2005

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

August 1, 2005

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

August 1, 2005

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...

Hydrogen cyanide H¹³C¹⁴N absorption reference for 1530 nm to 1565 nm wavelength calibration - SRM 2519a

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Sarah L. Gilbert, William C. Swann, C. M. Wang

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2519a is an optical-fiber-coupled wavelength reference based on the fundamental absorption lines of hydrogen cyanide H 13C 14N...

Automated Luminance-Meter Control Software for Electronic-Display Measurements

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

John M. Treinen

To make automated measurements of light sources and displays, National Instrument's LabVIEW software is used to control a Minolta LS-100/110 luminance meter...

Proceedings of Defining the State of the Art in Software Security Tools Workshop

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong

This proceeding is the result of a workshop held on August 10 and 11, 2005 hosted by the Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division, Information...

4th Annual PKI R&D Workshop "Multiple Paths to Trust" Proceedings

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Clifford Neuman, William Polk, Nelson Hastings

NIST hosted the fourth annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 19-21, 2005. The two and a half day event brought together PKI experts...

Effect of Continued Hydration on the Transport Properties of Cracks Through Portland Cement Pastes in a Saturated Environment: A Microstructural Model Study

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, Jeffrey W. Bullard

Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials

August 1, 2005

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...

Protecting Sensitive Information That is Transmitted Across Networks: NIST Guidance for Selecting and Using Transport Layer Security Implementations

July 29, 2005

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes guidance and information that was published by NIST to help organizations select and implement transport level security, making...

Intelligent Plane as a Mapping Mechanism for User Level Performance Optimization: A Case of Reliable Services Over Unreliable Network

July 28, 2005

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper proposes a framework for balancing competing user level requirements by resolving the corresponding trade-offs in a distributed system with limited...

Initial Evaluation of Displacement Ventilation and Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems for U.S. Commercial Buildings

July 1, 2005

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Timothy P. McDowell

Conventional heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in commercial buildings meet both outdoor air ventilation and space conditioning...

Exploration of Potential Energy Saving From Smart Appliances

July 1, 2005

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti

Technological innovations coupled with the decreasing costs of sensors have brought about a new generation of Smart appliances. While current sensor-based...

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