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Modified Sheppard is similar to Inverse Distance except that it typically does not generate "bull's eye" patterns. To reduce "bull's eyes" it uses a local least squares algorithm. All of the parameters for the Modified Sheppard algorithm are the same as those for the Inverse Distance algorithm.