dtwParallel: A Python package to efficiently compute dynamic time warping between time series

dtwParallel is a Python package that computes the Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) distance between a collection of (multivariate) time series (MTS). dtwParallel incorporates the main functionalities available in current DTW libraries and novel functionalities such as parallelization, computation of similarity (kernel-based) values, and consideration of data with different types of features (categorical, real-valued, ...). A low-floor, high-ceiling, and wide-walls software design principle has been adopted, envisioning uses in education, research, and industry. The source code and documentation of the package are available at https://github.com/oscarescuderoarnanz/dtwParallel. (c) 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).