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## Evaluation Methodology

The NIST HumanID Evaluation Framework, by R. J. Micheals, P. J. Grother, and P. J. Phillips. Proceedings 4th International Conference on Audio Visual Based Person Authentication, 2003.

Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002 Performance Metrics, by P.J. Grother, R.J. Micheals and P. J. Phillips. Proceedings 4th International Conference on Audio Visual Based Person Authentication, 2003.

The FERET Evaluation Methodology for Face-recognition Algorithms, by P. J. Phillips, H. Moon, S. A. Rizvi, and P. J. Rauss, IEEE trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

An Introduction to Evaluating Biometric Systems, by P. J. Phillips, A. Martin, C. L. Wilson, and M. Przybocki in IEEE Computer, February, pp. 56-63, 2000. (Special issue on biometrics).

## FRVT 2006

FRVT 2006 and ICE 2006 Large-Scale Results. Jonathon Phillips, W. Todd Scruggs, Alice J. O'Toole, Patrick J. Flynn, Kevin W. Bowyer, Cathy L. Schott, and Matthew Sharpe. NISTIR 7408, March 2007. 

An Other-Race Effect for Face Recogntion Algorithms. P. Jonathon Phillips, Fang Jiang, Abhijit Narvekar, Julianne Ayyad, and Alice J. O'Toole,. Under Review, January 2010.

## FRVT 2002

FRVT 2002: Overview and Summary, by P.J. Phillips, P. Grother, R.J Micheals, D.M. Blackburn, E Tabassi, and J.M. Bone. March 2003.

FRVT 2002: Evaluation Report, P.J. Phillips, P. Grother, R.J Micheals, D.M. Blackburn, E Tabassi, and J.M. Bone. March 2003.

FRVT 2002: Technical Appendices, P.J. Phillips, P. Grother, R.J Micheals, D.M. Blackburn, E Tabassi, and J.M. Bone. March 2003.

FRVT 2002: Supplemental Report, P. Grother. February 2004.

## FRVT 2000

FRVT 2000 Executive Overview, by D.M. Blackburn, J.M. Bone, and P.J. Phillips. December 2000.

FRVT 2000 Evaluation Report, by D.M. Blackburn, J.M. Bone, and P.J. Phillips. February 2001.

FRVT 2000 Evaluation Report Appendices, by D.M. Blackburn, J.M. Bone, and P.J. Phillips. February 2001.

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