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Tower of Covering Arrays

April 25, 2015
Author(s)
Raghu N. Kacker, Jose Torres Jimenez
… Covering arrays are combinatorial objects that have several … design of experiments for software and hardware testing. A covering array CA(N;t,k,v) of strength t and order v is an … In this work we explore the construction of a Tower of Covering Arrays (TCA) as a way to produce covering arrays …

Emittance of coated sapphire windows

January 1, 1998
Author(s)
Simon G. Kaplan, Leonard M. Hanssen
… Proc. 7^uth^ DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium … 7^uth^ DoD Electromagnetic Windows Symposium … Emittance of coated sapphire windows …

Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

September 29, 2006
Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah Souppaya, John Connor
… (IT) professionals who may be responsible for securing Windows XP Home Edition computers within home offices for … organizations or individuals, to secure their personal Windows XP Home Edition computers from common threats such as … Microsoft Windows, telecommuting, Windows XP, Windows XP Home Edition …

Guide to Securing Computers Using Windows XP Home Edition

November 22, 2006
Author(s)
Shirley M. Radack
… provided in NIST SP 800-69 concerning the need to secure Windows XP Home Edition computers, and discusses the security … SP 800-69 provides practical guidance on how to install Windows XP Home Edition, how to secure new and existing … to desktop, laptop, and other home systems that run Windows XP Home Edition as the operating system. Topics …

Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

October 24, 2008
Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah P. Souppaya, Paul M. Johnson
… This publication assists IT professionals in securing Windows XP workstations, mobile computers, and computers used … The recommendations are specifically intended for Windows XP Professional systems running Service Pack 2 or 3. … detailed information about the security features of Windows XP and security configuration guidelines. The …

Least Squares Moving-Window Spectral Analysis

January 20, 2017
Author(s)
Young J. Lee
… of external perturbation. The least squares moving-window (LSMW) method can be considered an extended form of … spacing. LSMW is characterized in terms of moving-window size, perturbation spacing type, and intensity noise. … as single-interval differentiation, autocorrelation moving-window, and perturbation correlation moving-window methods. …

Analytical and Numerical Characterization of Autocorrelation and Perturbation-Correlation Moving- Window Methods

March 31, 2017
Author(s)
Young J. Lee
… Moving-window (MW) approaches to two-dimensional correlation … analytical expressions of autocorrelation moving-window (ACMW) and synchronous and asynchronous perturbation-correlation moving-window (s-PCMW and as-PCMW) intensities. When the window is … correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS), Autocorrelation moving-window (ACMW), Perturbation-correlation moving-window (PCMW), …

A Survey of Binary Covering Arrays

April 7, 2011
Author(s)
James F. Lawrence, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei, David R. Kuhn, Michael Forbes
… Two-valued covering arrays of strength t are 0--1 matrices having the … a row having that sequence in that set of t columns. Covering arrays are an important tool in certain … dictated by the application, and it is desirable to have a covering array with a small number of rows. Here we survey …

An Algorithm for Computing the Minimum Covering Sphere in Any Dimension

January 1, 1996
Author(s)
Ted Hopp, C Reeve
… An algorithm is presented for computing the minimum covering sphere for a set of n points in d-dimensional space … algorithm, computational geometry, covering sphere, minimax fit, minimum covering sphere, surface fitting … An Algorithm for Computing the Minimum Covering Sphere in Any Dimension …

Thermal, Structural, and Optical Properties of Multispectral Zinc Sulfide

May 4, 2006
Author(s)
L Henneman, L LaCroix, C Wilson, S Kurzius, D C. Harris, M Baronowski, B Burns, K Kitagawa, J Gembarovic, S Goodrich, Leonard Hanssen, Simon G. Kaplan, C Staats, J Mecholsky
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) and Vicus Technologies have conducted a study to obtain the thermal, structural and optical property data required to predict the flight performance of Multispectral Zinc Sulfide (MS ZnS) windows. The Naval Air

Refining the In-Parameter-Order Strategy for Constructing Covering Arrrays

September 1, 2008
Author(s)
Michael Forbes, James F. Lawrence, Yu Lei, Raghu N. Kacker, D. Richard Kuhn
… Covering arrays are structures for well-representing … arbitrary $t$). When constructing homogeneous-alphabet covering arrays, these refinements reduce runtime in nearly … This trend is increasing with the number of columns in the covering array. Moreover, the resulting covering arrays are …

The water-vapor self- and water-nitrogen continuum absorption in the 1000 and 2500 cm-1 atmospheric windows

June 13, 2012
Author(s)
Yuri I. Baranov, Walter J. Lafferty
… continuum absorption in the 1000 and 2500 cm-1 atmospheric windows has been studied using a 2 m base-length White-type … reported on the water-vapor continuum in these atmospheric windows basically agree with the most reliable laboratory … departs from the experimental data in both the these windows. The deviation observed includes the continuum …

Systems Administration Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional System

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Anthony B. Harris, Mark McLarnon, Nikolaos Selimis
… intended to assist the users and system administrators of Windows 2000 Professional systems in configuring their hosts … recommendations for testing and configuring common Windows applications. The application types include … to be a complete list of applications to install on Windows 2000 Professional, nor does it imply NIST's …

Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC): Improving Information Security for Windows Operating Systems

February 27, 2008
Author(s)
Shirley M. Radack
… and reduce the information technology (IT) costs of their Windows operating systems. The FDCC is a standard security … configuration that provides secure settings for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating systems. In 2007, the Office … to adopt the standard security configuration for their Windows-based systems by February 1, 2008. The bulletin …

Correlating Photovoltaic Clear-Sky and Actual Output to Sky Cover Measurements

September 1, 2013
Author(s)
David R. Daily, David Holmberg, John Baras
… an empirical method which uses publicly-available sky cover observations to estimate the output of a photovoltaic … are developed which together relate PV array output to sky cover observations reported by the National Weather Service … Buildings, correlation, photovoltaic, sky cover, sky condition …

Equivalence Class Verification and Oracle-Free Testing Using Two-layer Covering Arrays

April 17, 2015
Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei, Jose Torres-Jimenez
… module/unit testing. This is achieved using a two-layer covering array, in which some or all values of a primary covering array represent equivalence classes. A second layer covering array of the equivalence class values is computed, … combinatorial testing, factor covering array, oracle problem, t-way testing, verification …

Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

October 20, 2005
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Paul M. Johnson, Karen Kent
… been created to assist IT professionals, in particularly Windows XP system administrators and information security personnel, in effectively securing Windows XP systems. It discusses Windows XP and various application security settings in … policy, security templates, spyware, threats, web browser, Windows XP …

Mapping Trends in the Reorientational Mobilities of Tetrahydroborate Anions via Neutron-Scattering Fixed-Window Scans

December 15, 2013
Author(s)
Terrence J. Udovic, Kristina Verdal, John J. Rush, Daniel De Vries, Michael R. Hartman, John J. Vajo, Adam F. Gross, Alexander V. Skripov
… were measured as a function of temperature via fixed-window scans (FWSs) at zero energy transfer using a neutron … alkali-metal borohydride, borohydride, fixed-window scan, lithium borohydride, mobility, neutron … of Tetrahydroborate Anions via Neutron-Scattering Fixed-Window Scans …
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