intervalframe – DataFrame with intervals as the index#

The Python-based implementation efficiently deals with many intervals.

Benchmark#

Test numpy random integers, see benchmarking

Library	Function	Time (ms)
intervalframe	single overlap	3.18
pandas	single overlap	7.4

As of conducting these benchmarks, only ncls and ailist have bulk query functions.

Library	Function	Time (s)	Max Memory (GB)
ncls	bulk overlap	~151	>50
ailist	bulk overlap	~17.9	~9

Querying intervals is much faster and more efficient with ailist

IntervalFrame provides a scalable way to store and search overlapping intervals

See the code and discuss development on GitHub.

General overhaul

Documentation overhaul