With contributions from leading experts in the data mining community, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the next generation of data mining challenges and applications. It explores the rise of data mining as a research science and the preeminent role it will play in the future. The book focuses on the use of data mining and knowledge discovery tools and techniques in a variety of areas, including e-science, engineering, social science, finance, and medicine. It looks at data mining on the web in search engines and social computing, examines data mining issues in security and...