The composition of a data-driven analytics model that includes at least an analytical modeling component that defines analytical relationships between the model parameters using multiple analytical relations. The analytical modeling component uses the analytical relations to identify which of the model parameters are known and which are unknown, and solves for the identified unknown model parameter(s). The analytics modeling component also includes an analytics taxonomy in which the analytical relations are categorized into related analytics categories. Navigation through the analytics taxonomy assists in the composition of an analytics model. The analytics taxonomy may, but need not, be domain specific.