Likewise, the concept of soft computing gained wide acceptance. It is a truism that more can be achieved through the use of methodologies of soft computing in combination than in a stand alone mode. I should like to use this occasion to draw your attention to two developments. First, I believe that we are witnessing the beginning of a romance between fuzzy logic and the Internet. The reasons are clear.
Internet is pervaded with imprecision and uncertainty.
What is needed in Internet is a logical system which, unlike classical logic, supports modes of reasoning which are approximate rather than exact. This is precisely what fuzzy logic has to offer. To a far greater extent than many os us, including myself,have realized, fuzzy logic is already in wide use in search engines. However, the use is, for the most part, elementary in nature. This is why expertise of the fuzzy logic community is needed to raise to a much higher level the use of fuzzy logic in the Internet, especially in the realms of search and deduction.