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Information Security in the System Development Life Cycle

September 1, 2004

Author(s)

Annabelle Lee, Tanya L. Brewer

Many system development life cycle (SDLC) models exist that can be used by an organization to effectively develop an information system. Security should be...

The NIST 3 Megawatt Quantitative Heat Release Rate Facility - Description and Procedures

September 1, 2004

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Erik Johnsson, Anthony Hamins, B S. Grove, William Guthrie, Alexander Maranghides, George Mulholland

The 3 Megawatt Heat Release Rate Facility was developed at NIST as a first step toward having broad capabilities for making quantitative large scale fire...

Drive Compatibility Test (Phase 2) for DVD-R (General) and DVD+R Discs, Including DVD Creation Plan

September 1, 2004

Author(s)

Oliver T. Slattery

Phase 2 test procedure is designed to test the compatibility of DVD drives with DVD writable media including DVD-R (for general) and DVD+R. The test plan...

Stability Comparison of Recordable Optical Discs - A Study of Error Rates in Harsh Conditions

September 1, 2004

Author(s)

Oliver T. Slattery, R Lu, Jian Zheng, Frederick R. Byers, Xiao Tang

The reliability and longevity of any storage medium is a key issue for archivists and preservationists as well as for the creators of important information...

Uncertainty Analysis of Radar Cross Section Calibration at Etcheron Valley Range

September 1, 2004

Author(s)

Lorant A. Muth, Dale M. Diamond, John A. Lelis

The Etcheron Valley Range, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division at China Lake, CA conducts monostatic and bistatic radar cross section measurements on...

Technical Digest, Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements 2004

September 1, 2004

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Gordon W. Day

This digest is made up of technical papers presented at the 13th biennial Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements (SOFM 2004)in Boulder, Colorado, September 28...

Hydra User's Guide

August 30, 2004

Author(s)

Matthew L. Aronoff

This document is intended to be a User's Guide to Hydra. It is aimed toward the standards development engineers and other technical users who may be interested...

Seeing in Three Dimensions: An alternative technique for viewing large information spaces

August 30, 2004

Author(s)

Matthew L. Aronoff, John V. Messina, Kevin G. Brady

This paper describes Hydra, a graphical software tool designed for use on the Web, that is intended to simplify the building, editing, and searching of large...

A Four-Terminal Current Shunt with Calculable AC Response

August 30, 2004

Author(s)

Owen B. Laug, T. M. Souders, Bryan C. Waltrip

The design of a 0.1 Ohm, four-terminal current shunt with calculable frequency dependence up to 1 MHz is described. It is intended for use as a standard for...

Significant papers from the first 50 years of the Boulder Labs

August 16, 2004

Author(s)

Mary E. DeWeese, Margaret Luebs, Heather McCullough

The Department of Commerce Boulder Labs were dedicated on September 14, 1954, in the shadow of World War II, and the of a bright future. This volume presents a...

A Compilation of Wavelengths, Energy Levels, and Transition Probabilities for Ba I and Ba II

August 13, 2004

Author(s)

John J. Curry

Energy levels, wavelengths, and transition probabilities for Ba I and Ba II have been compiled. The data are obtained from a critical evaluation of experimental...

Cost Analysis of Inadequate Interoperability in the U.S. Capital Facilities Industry:

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Michael P. Gallaher, Alan C. O'Connor, Jr. Dettbarn, Linda T. Gilday

Erratum: Statistical Interpretation of Key Comparison Reference Value and Degrees of Equivalence

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Raju V. Datla, Albert C. Parr

Dublin Core and the Alternative Interface Access Protocol

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Charles L. Sheppard, B Laplant, L Nevile

This paper is a report on a metadata effort that aims to make all of our lives easier, especially the lives of people with disabilities. The metadata will be...

The Remarkable Metrological History of Radiocarbon Dating [II]

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Lloyd A. Currie

Radiocarbon dating would not have been possible if 14C had not had the wrong half-life -- a fact that delayed its discovery [1]. Following the discovery of this...

Relativity of Explicit Conceptual Models

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Explicit conceptual models are supposed to capture knowledge of lasting value in a reusable form. Reuse of explicit conceptual models is hampered by arbitrary...

Calibration Service for Low-level Pulsed-Laser Radiometers at 1.06 υm: Pulse Energy and Peak Power

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Rodney W. Leonhardt

This document describes the calibration service provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for peak-power or pulse-energy of low...

Electronic Authentication: Guidance for Selecting Secure Techniques

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This ITL Bulletin summarizes the contents of NIST Special Publication 800-63, Electronic Authentication Guideline, by William E. Burr, Donna F. Dodson, and W...

Development of a Fast-response Fire Suppressant Concentration Meter

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Erik L. Johnsson, George W. Mulholland, Gerald T. Fraser, I I. Leonov, G Y. Golubiatnikov

Description and Usage of a Fast-Response Fire Suppressant Concentration Meter

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Erik L. Johnsson, George W. Mulholland, Gerald T. Fraser, I I. Leonov, G Y. Golubiatnikov

Major U.S. Cities Using National Standard Fire Hydrants, One Century After the Great Baltimore Fire

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Momar D. Seck, D D. Evans

Fire Equipment responding from different cities to the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904 were hampered or rendered useless by the incompatibility of hose and fire...

User's Guide for Smokeview Version 4.0 - A Tool for Visualizing Fire Dynamics Simulation Data

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, Kevin B. McGrattan

Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical calculations generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), a computational fluid dynamics...

Developing Frequency-Domain Models for Nonlinear Microwave Devices Based on Large-Signal Measurements

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jeffrey Jargon, Kuldip Gupta, Donald C. DeGroot

In this paper, we introduce nonlinear large-signal scattering parameters, a new type of frequency-domain mapping that related incident and reflected signals. A...

PDA Forensic Tools: an Overview and Analysis

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Wayne Jansen

Adequate user authentication is a persistent problem, particularly with mobile devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), which tend to be highly...

Proceedings of the Biometric Consortium Conference 2003, Vol 1, No 2)

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, J S. Dunn

This document contains the proceedings from the 2003 Biometric Consortium Conference held September 22-24, 2003, in Arlington, Virginia. The conference provides...

Metric Mapping Concepts for TIA

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Michelle P. Steves, Jean C. Scholtz

In this paper, we present a metrics framework and the underlying concepts that were used to help structure a series of evaluations of software tools to support...

Inputs and Outputs in PSL

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Conrad Bock, Michael Gruninger

Inputs and outputs are ubiquitous in flow modeling, including popular programming languages. This paper examines how inputs and outputs can be formalized in the...

Integrated Supply Chain Simulation System - A Design Specification for a Generic Supply Chain Simulator

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Shigeki Umeda, Yung-Tsun Lee

This paper describes a design specification for a generic, supply-chain-simulation system. The proposed simulation system is based on schedule-driven and stock...

PC Modeling and Simulation Guidelines: Volume 1 - Overview

August 1, 2004

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Frank H. Riddick

The Navy is preparing to make significant investments in personal computer (PC) simulation-based learning systems. Presenting learning material in various...

The NIST Road Network Database: Version 1.0

July 30, 2004

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Anthony J. Barbera, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr, Jerome G. Ajot, Eric Hui, M Paredes

For an autonomous vehicle to be able to navigate a road network, it must be aware of and must respond appropriately to any object it encounters. This includes...

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