Assensorsbecomeubiquitous,asetofbroadrequirementsisbeginningtoemergeacrosshigh-priorityapplicationsincludingdisasterpreparednessandmanagement,adaptabilitytoclimatechange,nationalorhomelandsecurity,andthemanagementofcriticalinfrastructures.Thisbookpresentsinnovativesolutionsinofflinedataminingandreal-timeanalysisofsensororgeographicallydistributeddata.Itdiscussesthechallengesandrequirementsforsensordatabasedknowledgediscoverysolutionsinhigh-priorityapplicationillustratedwithcasestudies.Itexploresthefusionbetweenheterogeneousdatastreamsfrommultiplesensortypesandapplicationsinscience,engineering,andsecurity.