Big data analytics brokerage

A system comprising:

• an initialization unit configured to receive a query and establish a target confidence level for the query, the target confidence level representing a requested level of accuracy for a result of the query;
• a confidence unit configured to assign at least one individual confidence level to each of a plurality of analytics engines;
• and
• a query unit configured to:
• query one or more analytics engines based on the query;
• select a group of the analytics engines whose query responses to the query are deemed to be similar to one another, wherein the selection of the group is at least partially based on the target confidence level;
• and
• summarize into a final result the query responses from the selected group of analytics engines, the final result being an answer to the query.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a query;
• establishing a target confidence level for the query, the target confidence level representing a requested level of accuracy for a result of the query;
• assigning at least one individual confidence level to each of a plurality of analytics engines;
• querying one or more of the analytics engines based on the query;
• selecting a group of the analytics engines whose query responses to the query are deemed to be similar to one another, wherein the selection of the group is at least partially based on the target confidence level;
• and
• summarizing into a final result the query responses from the selected group of analytics engines, the final result being an answer to the query.