Use MATLAB dictionary for efficiency

[MichaelTiemann]

Replace a naive for-loop (n^2 searches for each parameter, so n^3 worst case) with a dictionary (n log n searches to construct and satisfy). Also, prepare parameter columns for processing on GPU.

[MichaelTiemann]

Claude Code could apply this pattern in many instances.

[robertdkirkby]

looks cool, I will have to read up on what dictionary() does :)

[MichaelTiemann]

On second thought, it occurred to me there is a more elegant way to solve this (and related): to use try/catch to simply index into Parameters as needed to get the size/contents of parameters as needed. I'll rework this to demonstrate. The solution initially presented has two O(nlog(n)) terms (which add to O(nlog(n))). The more elegant solution uses the dictionary of Parameters itself, thus omitting the larger of the two O(n*log(n)) operations.