# KATS

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## [About the KATS category](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/about-the-kats-category/140)

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**Author:** [@jhazzard](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/jhazzard)\
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KATS (Kinematic Analysis Tools for Slopes) is a tool developed by Itasca that assesses instabilities caused by day-lighting wedges and planar failures formed when different structural sets interact with the orientation o…