Microstructure evolution during and following hot deformation was modeled using Cellular Automata (CA) technique. Dislocation annihilation during and following hot deformation, dynamic static and meta-dynamic (DRX, SRX and MDRX respectively), are considered using a 2D CA approach. The dislocation density was employed as the governing parameter to simulate the softening fraction. Kocks-Mecking approach was used to derive the dynamic recovery (DRV) curves. The flow curves, softening kinetics and final microstructures were modelled for different thermomechanical conditions (i.e. different...