Optimize inefficient code patterns in plotting utilities

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Identified and eliminated algorithmic inefficiencies, redundant I/O, and excessive DataFrame operations in core plotting utilities (PlotGroup.py, SignificanceMaps.py).

Key Optimizations

Algorithm complexity reductions:

• order_models(): O(n×m) → O(n+m) using set operations
• find_color(): O(n) linear search → O(1) dict lookup with fallback
• Kruskal_Wallis(): Cache grouped data once, eliminating n² repeated filters
• create_long_format_dataframe(): Convert sample lists to sets for O(1) isin() checks

I/O and DataFrame efficiency:

• read_models_and_groups(): Eliminate duplicate CSV reads when test_set_only=True
• rename_model()/rename_group(): Pre-compute pattern dictionaries, convert to lowercase once
• align() (renamed from allign): Chain DataFrame operations, reduce intermediate copies

Example - Before/After:

# Before: O(n) lookup per model, repeated string operations
def find_color(model):
    for i, m in enumerate(model_ranking, 0):
        if m in model:
            return palette[i]
    raise ValueError('Unrecognized model: ' + model)

# After: O(1) direct lookup, O(n) fallback only when needed
def find_color(model):
    if model in model_color_dict:
        return model_color_dict[model]
    for ranking_model, color in model_color_dict.items():
        if ranking_model in model:
            return color
    raise ValueError(f'Unrecognized model: {model}')

Bug Fixes

• Fixed duplicate condition checks in rename_model() nnU-Net pattern matching
• Added explicit return statement in find_model() for not-found case
• Corrected spelling: allign → align

Impact

Estimated 2-3x overall speedup for plot generation, 10-100x for large dataset filtering operations. See OPTIMIZATION_SUMMARY.md for detailed analysis.

Original prompt

Identify and suggest improvements to inefficient code

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