Because no information is lost if you simply change domain, but you may spot more patterns faster or easier. For example (even if a bit dated) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1614066

There is a lot of research in this field because of the IoT fad/trend. If you want to know more i would suggest to simply pic a paper from IEEE and deep dive into the terms and terminology and simply skip the proofs of most algorithms/theorems.