This book comprehensively tells the important knowledge and technological innovation in the field of data mining. On the basis of 1, the second edition shows the latest research results in this field, such as mining stream, time series and sequence data, mining spatio-temporal, multimedia, text and Web data. This book can be used as a must-read for teachers, researchers and developers in the field of data mining and knowledge discovery.

The 1 version of this book was once a very popular data mining monograph and a highly readable teaching material. The second edition enriches the topics of new research progress in the field of data mining and adds several chapters on the latest data mining methods. This book is suitable as an elective course for senior undergraduates, especially graduate students, majoring in computer and related majors in colleges and universities.