On the moments of random variables uniformly distributed over a polytope
S. Paramasamy1
Received24 Feb 1995
Revised08 May 1995
Abstract
Suppose X=(X1,X2,…,Xn) is a random vector uniformly distributed over a polytope.
In this note, the author derives a formula for E(XirXjs…), (the expected value of XirXjs…), in terms of
the extreme points of the polytope.