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NIST Pubs

GLUT/Tk: Open GL with Tcl/Tk

Author(s)
Joseph Konczal
GLUT/Tk provides a mechanism for control of 3D graphics applications by a full-featured GUI system. It connects control windows written in Tk to OpenGL graphics...

Radiometric Measurement Comparison on the Integrating Sphere Source Used to Calibrate the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)

Author(s)
James J. Butler, Steven W. Brown, Robert D. Saunders, B. Carol Johnson, S F. Biggar, E F. Zalewski, B L. Markham, P N. Gracey, J B. Young, R Barnes
As part of a continuing effort to validate the radiometric scales assigned to integrating spheresources used in the calibration of Earth Observing System (EOS)...

Overview of the TREC 2002 Novelty Track

Author(s)
Donna K. Harman
The novelty track was a new track in TREC-11. The basic task was as follows: given a TREC topic and an ordered list of relevant documents (ordered by relevance...

Overview of the TREC 2002 Question Answering Track

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
The TREC question answering track is an effort to bring the benefits of large-scale evaluation to bear on the question answering problem. The track contained...

Smoke Component Yields From Room-Scale Fire Tests (NIST TN 1453)

Author(s)
Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, Erik L. Johnsson, Marc R. Nyden, Richard D. Peacock
This report presents the methodology for and results from a series of room-scale fire tests to produce data on the yields of toxic products in both pre...

Policy Expression and Enforcement for Handheld Devices

Author(s)
Wayne Jansen, Tom T. Karygiannis, Vladimir Korolev, Serban I. Gavrila, Michaela Iorga
The use of mobile handheld devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and tablet computers, within the workplace is expanding rapidly. These devices...

The NIST Human ID Evaluation Framework

Author(s)
Ross J. Micheals, Patrick J. Grother, P J. Phillips
In this paper, we investigate the utility of static anthropometric distances as a biometric for human identification. The 3D landmark data from the CAESAR...

Characterization of an Ellipsoidal Radiometer

Author(s)
A V. Murthy, I Wetterlund, D P. DeWitt
An ellipsoidal radiometer, under development by Nils-Erik Gunners in close cooperation with the SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, has been...

A Primary Dead-Weight Tester for Pressures (0.05-1.0) MPa

Author(s)
K. Jain, Walter J. Bowers Jr., James W. Schmidt
Recent advances in technology on two fronts, 1) the fabrication of large diameter pistons and cylinders with good geometry, and 2) the ability to measure the...

The TREC-2002 Video Track Report

Author(s)
Alan Smeaton, Paul D. Over
TREC-2002 saw the second running of the Video Track, the goal of which was to promote progress in content-based retrieval from digital video via open, metrics...

The TREC-2002 Filtering Track Report

Author(s)
S E. Robertson, Ian Soboroff
The TREC¿11 filtering track measures the ability of systems to build persistent user profiles which successfully separate relevant and non-relevant documents in...
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