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Installation

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required to run ATHENA:

  • Python3 (version 3.10+)
  • Python modules
    • DEAP (evolutionary algorithm framework)
    • scikit-learn (machine learning)
    • netgraph (graph visualizations)
    • networkx (network creation/manipulation)
    • pandas

Parallelization

ATHENA supports parallelization of the algorithm and depends on the mpi4py python module. That feature is optional and the software will run without it.

Installing ATHENA

The ATHENA code can be accessed on GitHub. The current method to use it is to clone the repository 

git clone https://github.com/RitchieLab/athena-python.git

Then from the main directory:

pip install .

This will place the ATHENA and files in your system’s usual place for Python-based software, which is typically alongside Python itself. It will also add the commmand 'athena.py' to your path. The installation can also be done in a different location by using the “--prefix” or “--exec-prefix” options.