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This document provides a reference for the NIST automated systems for the determination of the ac-dc difference of thermal converters. It presents the structure
A computer based fire model, Fire Dynamic Simulator was used to reconstruction a portion of a fire that occurred in the basement of a hardware store. A FDS
Cynthia H. Reed, Steven J. Nabinger, Steven Emmerich
As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the predictive capability of indoor air quality (IAQ) simulation tools, the National Institute of Standards and
Donald E. Libes, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Peter O. Denno, David Flater, Michelle P. Steves, Evan K. Wallace, Allison Barnard Feeney
This paper is an overview of the AMIS (Automated Methods for Integrating Systems) project approach to systems integration. The objective of the AMIS project is
The sampling plan for efficiency testing contained in the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNOPR),Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for
This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during the Fiscal Year 2003. It
This bulletin summarizes NIST Special Publication 800-36, "Guide to Selecting Information Technology Security Products." The selection of IT security products
K H. Almand, Long Phan, Therese P. McAllister, M A. Starnes, John L. Gross
This report describes the results of the workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Laboratory that
Craig I. Watson, Brad Ulery, R. A. Hicklin, William Fellner, P Halinan
This is an evaluation of different score-level fusion techniques, and the results of a variety of fusion experiments using face and fingerprint data from 187
Fernando L. Podio, J S. Dunn, L Reinert, C J. Tilton, L O'Gorman, P Collier, Mark Jerde, B Wirtz
This report is an augmentation of the original standard, which was published as NISTIR 6529 (January 2001). Common Biometric Exchange File Format (CBEFF)
In this report, we propose a new definition of quality of fingerprint impressions and present detailed algorithms to measure image quality for fingerprints. We
Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup, Paul A. Reneke, Richard W. Bukowski
Fire safety is an area of particular interest for both conventional intercity and commuter passenger trains, and new high-speed trains. A systems approach to
Sharon J. Laskowski, James H. Yen, M Autry, John V. Cugini, W Killam
In the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the Election Assistance Commission, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards
A quaternion-based dissipative particle dynamics (QDPD) program was developed to study the flow properties of complex fluids like suspensions, subject to shear
The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of
Kevin Coakley, J M. Doyle, S N. Dzhosyuk, L Yang, Paul R. Huffman
We compute classical trajectories of Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) in a superconducting Ioffe-type magnetic trap using a symplectic integration method. We find that
The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of
Carl M. Ellison, William Polk, Nelson Hastings, Sean W. Smith
NIST hosted the second annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 28-29, 2003. The two-day event brought together PKI experts from
This data dictionary specifies data elements that are used to describe the design, fabrication and inspection of weldments. It comprises welding information
The Calibration Laboratories Accreditation Program was developed by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) at the National Institute of
Randolph Elmquist, Dean G. Jarrett, George R. Jones Jr., Marlin E. Kraft, Scott H. Shields, Ronald F. Dziuba
At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. representation of the ohm is based on the quantum Hall effect, and it is maintained and
Thomas Kramer, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, Harry A. Scott
This report describes an architecture and software system for automatically performing process planning and control code generation for cutting and inspecting
A new correlation has been developed to represent the second virial coefficient of water (H2O) as a function of temperature. The formulation was fitted to
The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) Consortium was formed in January 2001. Headquartered in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory
This ITL Bulletin describes FIPS 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems, which is an important component of a