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Operational Times

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Biometric decision time and the external operation time; Biometric subsystem transaction time; Biometric transaction time; External operation time; Subject interaction time; Total transaction time

Definition

There are a number of associated definitions for “time” as they relate to an operational biometric system(s). These “time” metrics include the total transaction time, the overt biometric transaction time, the subject interaction time, the biometric subsystem processing/transaction time, the biometric decision time, and the external operation time.

Introduction

One definition of time is given as “the length of time taken to complete an activity” [1]. For a biometric system, “time” can be segmented in alignment with a particular activity or function. Assuming that the biometric model in Fig. 1is for an access control system, and that the steps of that model are shown, there are five different types of event time. These include the subject interaction time, the biometric...

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  1. C. Soanes, S. Hawker, Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, 3rd edn. (Oxford University Press, New York, 2005)

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  2. International Organization for Standardization, ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 Comments from the Special Group Established to Review 19795-5 (N-1770) (No. SC37N1853) (ISO/IEC, Geneva, 2006)

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  1. International Center for Biometric Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Stephen John Elliott

  2. Department of Industrial Technology, Purdue University, 155 S. Grant Street, Room 312, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Eric P. Kukula

  3. Computer Sciences Corporation Identity Lab, Ewing, NJ, USA

    Richard T. Lazarick

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  1. Center for Biometrics and Security, Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Stan Z. Li

  2. Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Anil K. Jain

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Elliott, S.J., Kukula, E.P., Lazarick, R.T. (2015). Operational Times. In: Li, S.Z., Jain, A.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biometrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7488-4_114

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