Performance Testing Methodology Standardization

Synonym

Biometric performance evaluation standardization

Definition

Performance testing methodology standards define processes for test planning, hardware and software configuration and calibration, data collection and management, enrollment and comparison, performance measurement and reporting, and documenting the statistical significance of test results. The application of performance testing standards enables meaningful measurement, prediction, and comparison of biometric systems’ enrollment rates, accuracy, and throughput. Interoperability of biometric data elements acquired or generated through different components can also be quantified through standardized performance tests. Standardized performance testing methodologies have been developed for technology tests, in which algorithms process archived biometric data; scenario tests, in which biometric systems collect and process data from test subjects in a specified application; and operational tests, in which a biometric system...