Optimal sample size for the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution under a decision-theoretic approach

Abstract

The Birnbaum-Saunders distribution has been widely applied in several areas of science and although several methodologies related to this distribution have been proposed, the problem of determining the optimal sample size for estimating its mean has not yet been studied. For this purpose, we propose a methodology to determine the optimal sample size under a decision-theoretic approach. In this approach, we consider loss functions for point and interval inference. Finally, computational tools in the R language were developed to use in practice.