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Appendix F: Test Protocol for Bulk Explosives-Detection Equipment
Pages 64-66

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... Much of what follows, however, could be applied to performance verification of noncertified bulk explosives-detection equipment. For comprehensive performance verification of deployed bulk equipment the panel recommends using a secondary standard bag set to obtain estimates of the probability of detection
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... The FAA should make this secondary standard bag set large enough to yield statistically meaningful data, yet small enough to be manageable in terms of transporting the bags from the FAA Technical Center to the various sites. Furthermore, it is desirable to be able to conduct the test in a reasonable amount of time so as not to interfere with routine airport and airline operations.
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... · Test that a "significant" number of the bags in the secondary standard bag set are correctly classified by both the explosives-detection equipment that underwent certification testing and the explosives-detection equipment being tested in the field. The former test will be used in the following example.
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