01277nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653003600052653001600088653001800104653002600122100001700148245004600165300001200211490000700223520086500230       2003                            d  c200310adistributed information systems10aFuzzy Logic10afuzzy routing10asoft computing agents1 aGeorgi Kirov00aSoft Computing Agents for Dynamic Routing  a104-1160 v123 a<p>This paper reviews and evaluates the state-of-the-art in Distributed Information Systems. It outlines some disadvantages of distributed software applications (world-wide information services, databases, and software packages that are connected through the Internet and other network systems). It is concluded that the field of distributed network systems is in a critical need of intuitive and innovative approaches to address the growing complexity in all of its different aspects: communication, routing, performance, stability, connectivity. In an attempt to resolve the above-mentioned problems an approach is proposed that combines the Bee-gent agent technology and the fuzzy-logic representation. The paper presents an example of soft-computing agents for dynamic routing that uses distributed database applications as illustration of the concept.</p>