把图像变模糊（blur）的算法一般是怎样实现的？

有人研究过图像模糊的算法吗？
比如这个 http://www.quasimondo.com/StackBlurForCanvas/StackBlur.js
里面定义的两个数组有什么作用？又是怎样得到的呢？

var mul_table = [
        512,512,456,512,328,456,335,512,405,328,271,456,388,335,292,512,
        454,405,364,328,298,271,496,456,420,388,360,335,312,292,273,512,
        482,454,428,405,383,364,345,328,312,298,284,271,259,496,475,456,
        437,420,404,388,374,360,347,335,323,312,302,292,282,273,265,512,
        497,482,468,454,441,428,417,405,394,383,373,364,354,345,337,328,
        320,312,305,298,291,284,278,271,265,259,507,496,485,475,465,456,
        446,437,428,420,412,404,396,388,381,374,367,360,354,347,341,335,
        329,323,318,312,307,302,297,292,287,282,278,273,269,265,261,512,
        505,497,489,482,475,468,461,454,447,441,435,428,422,417,411,405,
        399,394,389,383,378,373,368,364,359,354,350,345,341,337,332,328,
        324,320,316,312,309,305,301,298,294,291,287,284,281,278,274,271,
        268,265,262,259,257,507,501,496,491,485,480,475,470,465,460,456,
        451,446,442,437,433,428,424,420,416,412,408,404,400,396,392,388,
        385,381,377,374,370,367,363,360,357,354,350,347,344,341,338,335,
        332,329,326,323,320,318,315,312,310,307,304,302,299,297,294,292,
        289,287,285,282,280,278,275,273,271,269,267,265,263,261,259];


var shg_table = [
         9, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 
        17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 
        19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 20, 20, 20,
        20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 21,
        21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21,
        21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 
        22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22,
        22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 
        23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23,
        23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23,
        23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 
        23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 
        24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24,
        24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24,
        24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24,
        24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24 ];

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http://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-StackBlur-called-Median-Blur

https://github.com/Quasimondo/QuasimondoJS/blob/master/blur/stackblur.pdf?raw=true

http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2012/11/gaussian_blur.html