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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# arboretum
-A scalable framework for gene regulatory network inference using tree-based ensemble regressors.
+![](img/logo.jpeg)
+
+ARBORETUM: a scalable framework for gene regulatory network inference using tree-based ensemble regressors.
+
+## Introduction
+
+## Getting Started
+
+## License
+
+## References
+
diff --git a/arboretum/__init__.py b/arboretum/__init__.py
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diff --git a/arboretum/core.py b/arboretum/core.py
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+"""
+Core functional building blocks, composed in a Dask graph for distributed computation.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+
+from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, ExtraTreesRegressor
+from dask import delayed
+from dask.dataframe import from_delayed
+from dask.dataframe.utils import make_meta
+
+THE_DEMON_SEED = 666
+
+SKL_REGRESSOR_FACTORY = {
+    'RF': RandomForestRegressor,
+    'ET': ExtraTreesRegressor,
+    'GBM': GradientBoostingRegressor
+}
+
+DEFAULT_KWARGS = {
+
+    'RF': {
+        'n_jobs': 1,
+        'n_estimators': 1000,
+        'max_features': 'sqrt'
+    },
+
+    'ET': {
+        'n_jobs': 1,
+        'n_estimators': 1000,
+        'max_features': 'sqrt'
+    },
+
+    'GBM': {
+        'learning_rate': 0.001,
+        'n_estimators': 500,
+        'max_features': 0.1
+    },
+
+    'XGB': {
+
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+def __is_skl_regressor(regressor_type):
+    """
+    :param regressor_type: the regressor type to consider. Case insensitive.
+    :return: boolean indicating whether the regressor type is a scikit-learn regressor.
+    """
+    return regressor_type.upper() in SKL_REGRESSOR_FACTORY.keys()
+
+
+def __is_xgboost_regressor(regressor_type):
+    """
+    :param regressor_type: the regressor type to consider. Case insensitive.
+    :return: boolean indicating whether the regressor type is the xgboost regressor.
+    """
+    return regressor_type.upper() == 'XGB'
+
+
+def train_model(regressor_type,
+                regressor_kwargs,
+                tf_matrix,
+                target_gene_expression,
+                seed=THE_DEMON_SEED):
+    """
+    :param regressor_type: one of ['RF', 'ET', 'GBM', 'XGB']. Case insensitive.
+    :param regressor_kwargs: a dict of key-value pairs that configures the regressor.
+    :param tf_matrix: the predictor matrix (transcription factor matrix) as a numpy array.
+    :param target_gene_expression: the target (y) gene expression to predict in function of the tf_matrix (X).
+    :param seed: (optional) random seed for the regressors.
+    :return: a trained regression model.
+    """
+
+    assert tf_matrix.shape[0] == len(target_gene_expression)
+
+    if __is_skl_regressor(regressor_type):
+        regressor = SKL_REGRESSOR_FACTORY[regressor_type](random_state=seed, **regressor_kwargs)
+
+        regressor.fit(tf_matrix, target_gene_expression)
+
+        return regressor
+
+    elif __is_xgboost_regressor(regressor_type):
+        raise ValueError('XGB regressor not yet supported')  # TODO
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Unsupported regressor type: {0}'.format(regressor_type))
+
+
+def to_tf_matrix(expression_matrix,
+                 gene_names,
+                 tf_names):
+    """
+    :param expression_matrix: numpy matrix. Rows are observations and columns are genes.
+    :param gene_names: a list of gene names. Each entry corresponds to the expression_matrix column with same index.
+    :param tf_names: a list of transcription factor names. Should be a subset of gene_names.
+    :return: a numpy matrix representing the predictor matrix for the regressions.
+    """
+
+    assert expression_matrix.shape[1] == len(gene_names)
+
+    tf_indices = [index for index, gene in enumerate(gene_names) if gene in tf_names]
+
+    return expression_matrix[: tf_indices]
+
+
+def to_links_df(regressor_type,
+                trained_model,
+                tf_names,
+                target_gene_name):
+    """
+    :param regressor_type: one of ['RF', 'ET', 'GBM', 'XGB']. Case insensitive.
+    :param trained_model: the trained model from which to extract the feature importances.
+    :param tf_names: the list of names corresponding to the columns of the tf_matrix used to train the model.
+    :param target_gene_name: the name of the target gene.
+    :return: a Pandas DataFrame['TF', 'target', 'importance'] representing inferred regulatory links and their
+             connection strength.
+    """
+
+    if __is_skl_regressor(regressor_type):
+        importances = trained_model.feature_importances_
+
+        links_df = pd.DataFrame({'TF': tf_names, 'importance': importances})
+        links_df['target'] = target_gene_name
+
+        return links_df[links_df.importance > 0].sort_values(by='importance', ascending=False)
+
+    elif __is_xgboost_regressor(regressor_type):
+        raise ValueError('XGB regressor not yet supported')  # TODO
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError('Unsupported regressor type: ' + regressor_type)
+
+
+def clean(tf_matrix,
+          tf_names,
+          target_gene_name):
+    """
+    :param tf_matrix: numpy array. The full transcription factor matrix.
+    :param tf_names: the full list of transcriptor factor names, corresponding to the tf_matrix columns.
+    :param target_gene_name: the target gene to remove from the th_matrix and tf_names.
+    :return: a tuple of (matrix, names) equal to the specified ones minus the target_gene_name if the target happens
+             to be one of the transcription factors. If not, the specified (tf_matrix, tf_names) is returned verbatim.
+    """
+
+    clean_tf_matrix = tf_matrix if target_gene_name not in tf_names else np.delete(tf_matrix, tf_names.index(target_gene_name), 1)
+    clean_tf_names = [tf for tf in tf_names if tf != target_gene_name]
+
+    assert clean_tf_matrix.shape[1] == len(clean_tf_names)  # sanity check
+
+    return clean_tf_matrix, clean_tf_names
+
+
+def infer_links(regressor_type,
+                regressor_kwargs,
+                tf_matrix,
+                tf_names,
+                target_gene_name,
+                target_gene_expression,
+                seed=THE_DEMON_SEED):
+    """
+    Top-level function. Ties together model training and feature importance extraction.
+
+    :param regressor_type: one of ['RF', 'ET', 'GBM', 'XGB']. Case insensitive.
+    :param regressor_kwargs: dict of key-value pairs that configures the regressor.
+    :param tf_matrix: numpy matrix. The feature matrix X to use for the regression.
+    :param tf_names: list of transcription factor names corresponding to the columns of the tf_matrix used to train the model.
+    :param target_gene_name: the name of the target gene to infer the regulatory links for.
+    :param target_gene_expression: the expression profile of the target gene. Numpy array.
+    :param seed: (optional) random seed for the regressors.
+    :return: a Pandas DataFrame['TF', 'target', 'importance'] representing inferred regulatory links and their
+             connection strength.
+    """
+
+    (clean_tf_matrix, clean_tf_names) = clean(tf_matrix, tf_names, target_gene_name)
+
+    model = train_model(regressor_type, regressor_kwargs, clean_tf_matrix, target_gene_expression, seed)
+
+    return to_links_df(regressor_type, model, clean_tf_names, target_gene_name)
+
+
+def __target_gene_indices(gene_names,
+                          target_genes):
+    """
+    :param gene_names: list of gene names.
+    :param target_genes: either int (the top n), 'all', or a collection (subset of gene_names).
+    :return: the (column) indices of the target genes in the expression_matrix.
+    """
+
+    if target_genes.upper() == 'ALL':
+        return list(range(len(gene_names)))
+
+    elif isinstance(target_genes, int):
+        top_n = target_genes  # rename for clarity
+        assert top_n > 0
+        assert top_n <= len(gene_names)
+
+        return list(range(top_n))
+
+    elif isinstance(target_genes, list):
+        return [index for index, gene in enumerate(gene_names) if gene in target_genes]
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unable to interpret target_genes: " + target_genes)
+
+
+def create_graph(expression_matrix,
+                 gene_names,
+                 tf_names,
+                 regressor_type,
+                 regressor_kwargs,
+                 target_genes='all',
+                 limit=100000,
+                 seed=THE_DEMON_SEED):
+    """
+    Main API function. Create a Dask computation graph.
+
+    :param expression_matrix: numpy matrix. Rows are observations and columns are genes.
+    :param gene_names: list of gene names. Each entry corresponds to the expression_matrix column with same index.
+    :param tf_names: list of transcription factor names. Should have a non-empty intersection with gene_names.
+    :param regressor_type: one of ['RF', 'ET', 'GBM', 'XGB']. Case insensitive.
+    :param regressor_kwargs: dict of key-value pairs that configures the regressor.
+    :param target_genes: either int, 'all' or a collection that is a subset of gene_names.
+    :param limit: int or None. Default 100k. The number of top regulatory links to return.
+    :param seed: (optional) random seed for the regressors.
+    :return: a dask computation graph instance.
+    """
+
+    tf_matrix = to_tf_matrix(expression_matrix, gene_names, tf_names)
+
+    delayed_tf_matrix = delayed(tf_matrix)
+    delayed_tf_names = delayed(tf_names)
+
+    delayed_link_dfs = []  # collection of delayed link DataFrames
+
+    for target_gene_index in __target_gene_indices(gene_names, target_genes):
+
+        target_gene_name = gene_names[target_gene_index]
+        target_gene_expression = expression_matrix[:, target_gene_index]
+
+        delayed_link_df = delayed(infer_links)(
+            regressor_type, regressor_kwargs,
+            delayed_tf_matrix, delayed_tf_names,
+            target_gene_name, target_gene_expression,
+            seed)
+
+        delayed_link_dfs.append(delayed_link_df)
+
+    # provide the schema of the delayed DataFrames
+    link_df_meta = make_meta({'TF': str, 'target': str, 'importance': float})
+
+    # gather the regulatory link DataFrames into one distributed DataFrame
+    all_links_df = from_delayed(delayed_link_dfs, meta=link_df_meta)
+
+    # optionally limit the number of resulting regulatory links
+    result = all_links_df.nlargest(limit, columns=['importance']) if isinstance(limit, int) else all_links_df
+
+    return result['TF', 'target', 'importance']
diff --git a/arboretum/dream5/__init__.py b/arboretum/dream5/__init__.py
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diff --git a/arboretum/dream5/utils.py b/arboretum/dream5/utils.py
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+"""
+Utility functions for reading DREAM5 data.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def load_expression_matrix(path, delimiter='\t'):
+    """
+    :param path: the path of the dream challenge expression data file.
+    :param delimiter: the delimiter used in the file.
+    :return: a numpy matrix.
+    """
+
+    return np.genfromtxt(path, delimiter=delimiter, skip_header=1)
+
+
+def load_gene_names(path, delimiter='\t'):
+    """
+    :param path: the path of the dream challenge expression data file.
+    :param delimiter: the delimiter used in the file.
+    :return: a list of gene names.
+    """
+
+    with open(path) as file:
+        gene_names = [gene.strip() for gene in file.readline().split(delimiter)]
+
+    return gene_names
+
+
+def load_tf_names(path, gene_names):
+    """
+    :param path: the path of the transcription factor list file.
+    :param gene_names: the list of gene names in the expression data.
+    :return: a list of transcription factor names read from the file, intersected with the gene_names list.
+    """
+
+    with open(path) as file:
+        tfs_in_file = [line.strip() for line in file.readlines()]
+
+    return [tf for tf in tfs_in_file if tf in gene_names]
diff --git a/docs/DREAM5.md b/docs/DREAM5.md
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+# GENIE3 results on DREAM5, run with dreamtools
+
+```
+Overall Score      4.027898e+01
+AUPR (pvalue)      4.129532e+01
+AUROC (pvalue)     3.926265e+01
+Net1 AUPR          2.909863e-01
+Net3 AUPR          9.302545e-02
+Net4 AUPR          2.065091e-02
+Net1 AUROC         8.148355e-01
+Net3 AUROC         6.170165e-01
+Net4 AUROC         5.176411e-01
+Net1 p-aupr       1.596591e-104
+Net3 p-aupr        5.149347e-20
+Net4 p-aupr        1.581591e-01
+Net1 p-auroc      3.060302e-106
+Net3 p-auroc       5.003620e-11
+Net4 p-auroc       1.064168e-02
+```
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diff --git a/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_ET.ipynb b/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_ET.ipynb
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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# DREAM5 : scikit-learn extra-trees (ET)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.6.2"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}
diff --git a/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_GBM.ipynb b/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_GBM.ipynb
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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# DREAM5 : scikit-learn gradient boosting machine (GBM)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.6.2"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}
diff --git a/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_RF.ipynb b/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_RF.ipynb
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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# DREAM5 : scikit-learn random forest (RF)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.6.2"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}
diff --git a/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_XGB.ipynb b/notebooks/dream5/DREAM5_XGB.ipynb
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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# DREAM5 : xgboost (XGB)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.6.2"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 2
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='Arboretum',
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    version='0.1',
+    license='LICENSE.txt',
+    author='Thomas Moerman',
+    author_email='twitter: @thomasjmoerman',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=['scikit-learn', 'numpy', 'pandas', 'xgboost', 'dask'],
+    platforms=['any'],
+    keywords=['gene', 'regulatory', 'network', 'inference', 'regression', 'ensemble', 'scalable']
+)
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diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
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+import unittest
+
+# class CoreTest(unittest.TestCase):
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