Figure 1
a: two ants are moving toward each other.
b: ants meet each other.
c: first ant moves out of the way, in a random direction.
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The Bouncing Ant Problem
When an ant is following a pheromone trail and it encounters another ant moving towards it, it randomly picks another direction to move in but this means that it moves off of the trail.
Last Modified: Dec 2nd, 2006 at 23:33:18
Created: Dec 2nd, 2006 at 23:31:49
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