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cond-mat.stat-mech2004
Collective effects in traffic on bi-directional ant-trails
Alexander John, Andreas Schadschneider, Debashish Chowdhury +1
Motivated by recent experimental work of Burd et al., we propose a model of bi-directional ant-traffic on pre-existing ant-trails. It captures in a simple way some of the generic c…
cond-mat.stat-mech2003
Anomalous fundamental diagrams in traffic on ant trails
Andreas Schadschneider, Debashish Chowdhury, Alexander John +1
Many insects like ants communicate chemically via chemotaxis. This allows them to build large trail systems which in many respects are similar to human-build highway networks. Usin…