随机向量的均值

矩阵期望计算常见的公式

Posted by Joker Hook on May 3, 2022

设$\pmb{x}$为$n \times 1$维度的随机向量,记$\pmb{A}$为$n \times n$维度的矩阵,并设

\[E[\pmb{x}] = \pmb{\mu}\] \[Var[\pmb{x}] = \pmb{\Sigma}\]

则由如下等式成立:

\[E[\pmb{x}^T A \pmb{x}] = tr(\pmb{A}\pmb{\Sigma}) + \pmb{\mu}^T A \pmb{\mu}\]