This volume provides a snapshot of the current state of the art in data mining, presenting it both in terms of technical developments and industrial applications. The papers are initially reviewed for the original, the conference workshops and forums. 25 articles in state-survey-the-art was reviewed and selected from the contribution of many for at least two rounds of reviewing and improvement for inclusion in this book. They provide interesting updates and extensive research and development of data mining. Beginning with research papers state-of-the-art, held in topical sections on methodological advances, data linkage, text mining, and temporal and sequence mining.