Title
Characteristics of ant-inspired traffic flow
Abstract
We investigate the organization of traffic flow on preexisting uni- and bidirectional ant trails. Our investigations comprise a theoretical as well as an empirical part. We propose minimal models of uni- and bi-directional traffic flow implemented as cellular automata. Using these models, the spatio-temporal organization of ants on the trail is studied. Based on this, some unusual flow characteristics which differ from those known from other traffic systems, like vehicular traffic or pedestrians dynamics, are found. The theoretical investigations are supplemented by an empirical study of bidirectional traffic on a trail of Leptogenys processionalis. Finally, we discuss some plausible implications of our observations from the perspective of flow optimization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s11721-008-0010-8
Swarm intelligence
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Bidirectional ant-traffic,Cellular automaton model
Journal
2
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
Swarm Intelligence 2(1): 25-41 (2008)
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.51
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alexander John120.84
Andreas Schadschneider212124.37
Debashish Chowdhury366.27
Katsuhiro Nishinari418947.27