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-<img src="resources/figures/virne-logo-text.png" width="200px"
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-<h2 align="center">A Comprehensive Simulator & Benchmark for NFV-RA</h2>
+  <img src="resources/figures/virne-logo-text.png" width="200" alt="Virne logo">
+  <h2>A Comprehensive Simulator & Benchmark for NFV-RA</h2>
+  <p>
+    <a href="https://deepwiki.com/GeminiLight/virne"><img src="https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg" alt="Ask DeepWiki"></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/GeminiLight/virne/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.0.0-blue" alt="Virne version 1.0.0"></a>
+    <a href="https://pypi.org/project/virne/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/virne?label=pypi" alt="Virne on PyPI"></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/GeminiLight/virne/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-green" alt="Apache 2.0 license"></a>
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19234">✨ Benchmark Paper</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;
+    <a href="https://virne.readthedocs.io">Documentation</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;
+    <a href="https://github.com/GeminiLight/virne?tab=readme-ov-file#citations">Citations</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;
+    <a href="https://github.com/GeminiLight/sdn-nfv-papers">SDN-NFV Papers</a>
+  </p>
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-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19234">✨ Benchmark Paper</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;
-  <a href="https://virne.readthedocs.io">Documentation</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;
-  <a href="https://github.com/GeminiLight/virne?tab=readme-ov-file#citations">Citations</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp;
-  <a href="https://github.com/GeminiLight/sdn-nfv-papers">SDN-NFV Papers</a>
-</p>
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 **Virne** is a simulator and benchmark for **resource allocation (RA) in Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)**, with unified support for traditional and **reinforcement learning (RL)**-based algorithms.
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 > ✨ If you have any questions, please open a new issue or contact me via email (wtfly2018@gmail.com)
 
-![](resources/figures/virne-architecture.png)
+![Virne architecture: simulation, solver, environment, and evaluation components](resources/figures/virne-architecture.png)
 
 ### Citations
 
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-### Table of Contents
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-- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
-  - [Installation](#installation)
-  - [Run a Small Experiment](#run-a-small-experiment)
-- [Choose a Solver](#choose-a-solver)
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 ## Quickstart
 
 ### Installation