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metRology for Microsoft Excel

Ongoing
DESCRIPTION: The current version of the metRology for Microsoft Excel add-in focuses on uncertainty analysis using the methods outlined in the JCGM Guide the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (often referred to as the GUM). These methods for uncertainty analysis are widely accepted and their

Detecting Change Points in Surface Temperature Records

Ongoing
DESCRIPTION: For the purpose of exposition, consider the record daily minimums averaged by month for a station near Reno Nevada. There is a clear drop in the level between 1920 and 1940 and a positive drift starting at about 1980. There is also however, considerable variability due to seasonal

Publications

IMPPY3D: Image Processing in Python for 3D Image Stacks

Author(s)
Newell Moser, Alexander Landauer, Orion Kafka
Image Processing in Python for 3D image stacks, or IMPPY3D, is a free and open-source software (FOSS) repository that simplifies post-processing and 3D shape

Software Metrics: Impossible, but Doable

Author(s)
Paul Black
Software metrics are theoretically impossible. However, there is tremendous benefit if we can assess properties of computerized systems. We review the elements

Software

Biometric Testing Software

NIST/ITL has had a long history of supporting biometric data interchange formats by developing conformance testing software. These suites of software are
ABACUS Fiigure

The NIST ABACUS

Providing automated, virtual assistance in statistics for chemical analysis The NIST ABACUS ( App for Bayesian Analysis of Chemical quantities Using Shiny) is