1. A method of storing and organizing information stored in at least one database by using a tree-structured index to find and retrieve stored objects having attributes similar to attributes of a target object to mine the at least one database for data leading to a prediction of a property of the target object, the at least one database being coupled to processor search manager apparatus, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising: receiving input data describing attributes associated with at least three objects to the at least one database and input data describing an attribute of the target object, the at least three objects and the target object comprising at least three variables; storing said attribute data of the least three objects in the at least one database and referencing said attribute data using a tree-structured index determined by multivariate statistical analysis; applying multivariate statistical analysis and clustering to said stored attribute data of said at least three objects to determine said tree-structured index for indexing and searching said at least one database using said determined tree-structured index; using said determined tree-structured index to find and retrieve a number of stored objects less than a total number of stored objects of the at least one database having attribute data similar to the attribute data of the target object; constructing at least one model of attribute data of the retrieved stored objects using the retrieved number of stored objects; and applying said at least one model of the attribute data of the retrieved stored objects to obtain a predicted property of the target object for output to an output device, the predicted property being one of a geographic region, an environment, a fire event, a process failure a pattern of criminal or fraudulent activity, composition of particles, an isotope ratio, an ethnic origin, a frequency, an identity of a manufacturer and a source location associated with the target object.