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- Chemical, Biological, Radioglogical and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense
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Evacuation Planning - First Responder Tools
- Forensic Analysis
- Information & Intelligence
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Capabilities | Decision Support

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ARA develops decision-centered solutions that improve interactions between technology and people, among team members, and between decision-makers and their environments.
Our solutions enhance the performance of those confronted with judgments and decisions in situations marked by high stakes, time pressure, ambiguous or conflicting information, and rapidly changing situations.
Our approach incorporates time-tested Cognitive Task Analysis methods to develop an understanding of how decision-makers process personal experience. The military applies our CTA methods and services to anti-terrorism and logistics training, regimental command post operations, improvement of combat squad leaders decision and leadership skills, and tactical decision-making training simulations. Through this technology, ARA supports and protects the war fighter.
Cognitive Task Analysis
- Methods and tools for gaining access to the mental processes
- Describe the cognitive processes that underlie performance of tasks
- Boost human performance by guiding the development of tools and programs that support the cognitive processes
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Sources of Power
- Rich information on naturalistic decision making
- Illuminates the power of experience, a power that shapes how we interact with the world around us
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Power of Intuition
- Discusses how the most critical decisions we make are based on intuition
- Covers practical steps offered to improve your intuition
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Decision Support Tools
- Develop decision-centered solutions that improve interactions between technology and people
- Enhance the performance of those confronted with judgments and decisions
- Create solutions through understanding how decision-makers process personal experience
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Working Minds - A Practitioner's Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis
- Handbook by Beth Crandall, Gary Klein and Robert R. Hoffman
- Cognitive Task Analysis reviews cognitive skills to effectively get things done
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To submit your inquiries about our human safety services, e-mail humansafety@ara.com.
