John, Alexander (2006). Physics of Traffic on Ant Trails and Related Systems. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
The main aim of the present work is the investigation of the dynamical properties of traffic on preexisting ant trails. It is mainly divided into two parts which are based on the interplay between theory and experiment. Both parts are developed independently and compared later on in a final discussion. Methods from statistical and non-equilibrium physics were employed for theoretical studies. New models for bidirectional traffic on preexisting ant trails were introduced. Also the understanding of the already existing unidirectional ant trail model was improved. The results of the presented empirical studies are compared to the models predictions. Ant-traffic data are extracted using methods from traffic engineering and behavioural biology. Similar approaches have already been employed successfully for vehicular traffic. Nevertheless the crucial differences between the already investigated systems and ant-traffic are the main motivation of the present study.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-19454 | ||||||||
Date: | 2006 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Physics > Institute for Theoretical Physics | ||||||||
Subjects: | Physics | ||||||||
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Date of oral exam: | 7 December 2006 | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/1945 |
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