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 # Integartive Network Modeling
 
-The broad goal of inm is to contribute to the characterization of biological networks by integrating data from diverse sources.
-inm is under development and will be distributed as an Integrative Modeling Platform ([IMP](https://github.com/salilab/imp/)) module.
+Integrative network modeling (INM) is a method and framework (library) for modeling biological interaction networks. The INM library supports the modeling of protein interactions networks based on AP-MS data.
+INM can:
+- Predict direct protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks for all pairs of protein types (matrix model) on the order of hundreds or perhaps thousands of nodes
+- Predict condition specific PPI networks (e.g., gene deletion, chemical perturbation, cell-type)
+- Predict a distribution over networks to estimate both the average network and ascociated uncertainty
+- Has a scoring funciton that may be extended to other types of information that may inform PPI networks (e.g, deep learning based PPI prediction, proximity labeling) 
+
 
 Modeling proceeds in 5 stages: (i) gathering AP-MS protein spectral counts under multiple conditions, (ii) representing a model where nodes represent protein types
 and edges represent a protein interaction between at least one pair of molecules of the corresponding types, (iii) a scoring function
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 (v) analysis of the output sample of network models.
 
 inm includes an example system and benchmarks against Protein Data Bank and Humap 2.0 derived interactions.  
+
+## Installation
+
+To clone the repository use the following command
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/ajipalar/inm.git
+```
+
+Create and activate the conda environment
+```bash
+cd inm
+conda env create -f environment.yml
+conda activate py39
+```
+
+## Run tests
+```bash
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests
+```
+
+ INM is a part of the Integrative Modeling Platform ([IMP](https://github.com/salilab/imp/)) module.