Gokce S.Kayacan O.2024-07-222024-07-22201303044289http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/17359In this study, the unidirectional ant traffic flow with U-turn in an ant trail was investigated using one-dimensional cellular automata model. It is known that ants communicate with each other by dropping a chemical, called pheromone, on the substrate. Apart from the studies in the literature, it was considered in the model that (i) ant colony consists of two kinds of ants, goodand poor-smelling ants, (ii) ants might make U-turn for some special reasons. For some values of densities of good- and poor-smelling ants, the flux and mean velocity of the colony were studied as a function of density and evaporation rate of pheromone. © Indian Academy of Sciences.EnglishCellular automataComputer simulationAnt coloniesAnt trailCellular automata modelsEvaporation rateMean velocitiesTraffic flowAutomata theoryArticle10.1007/s12043-013-0533-4