Methods and systems for managing distribution of inference models throughout a distributed system are disclosed. To manage distribution of inference models, a system may include a data aggregator and one or more data collectors. The data aggregator may obtain a threshold, the threshold indicating an acceptable inference error rate for an inference model. The data aggregator may obtain an inference model based on the threshold by training an inference model, performing a lookup in an inference model lookup table, or via other methods. The data aggregator may optimize the inference model to determine the minimum quantity of computing resources consumed by an inference model in order to generate inferences accurate within the threshold. In order to do so, the data aggregator may simulate the operation of more computationally-costly inference models and less computationally-costly inference models.