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Random raster and Normal Raster

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12-25-2017 11:41 PM
MANESK
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What is the purpose of creating Random Raster and Normal Raster and in which application side it might be used...Pls explain

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DanPatterson_Retired
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The nature of the distributions and some basics are described in

http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/distributions-for-assigning...

I have used them for generating point patterns, adding 'noise' to generated elevation surfaces, simulation of occurrences of phenomena in space and/or time.  Distributions of various types form the foundations of statistical testing and in inferential statistics you are often comparing observations to those of a known distribution.  Understanding them, might be easier if you had a particular application in mind.