Best bets for:

Tide-Line Blue

Rating Average: 2.5000
Rating Stddev: 0.5
Review Count: 2
Existing Best Bet #: 2.43067655807339
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 2.5000 - 0.5 ) + ( 0.693147180559945 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 2 ) - 0.430676558073393
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 2.5000 - 0.25 ) - 0 ) * $similarity
( 2.25 - 0 ) * $similarity
2.25 * $similarity
In English: Average rating minus half the standard deviation of the ratings, with a penalty of half a rating point if there are fewer then five reviews with no variation in their ratings.
Discussion: This uses the average rating as the base, lowering the overall rating based on the amount of variance in the ratings. Additionally it lowers the rating if only a few people have rated it and they've all given it the same score. Perhaps shows with few ratings shouldn't even show up in best bets.

Keywords: 7 - 2005, TV, Sci-Fi, Action, Shounen, Comedy, Adventure

For reference, Devil Doll's similarity calc is this:
( $matching_keys * ( $matching_keys / $total_keys ) * $total_keys ) / ( $total_keys * $total_keys )
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Eureka Seven 6 4.00 4.00 73% 4.00 2.94 5.00 3.67
Gun Sword 6 3.33 3.10 73% 3.10 2.28 3.54 2.60
Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak 6 3.00 2.65 73% 2.65 1.94 3.15 2.32
Erementar Gerad (TV) 6 3.00 2.59 73% 2.59 1.90 2.87 2.11
Vandread 5 3.89 3.73 51% 3.73 1.90 4.94 2.52
Mai-HiME 5 3.88 3.71 51% 3.71 1.89 4.84 2.47
Trigun 5 3.90 3.70 51% 3.70 1.89 5.94 3.03
Shin Seiki Zoids Genesis 6 3.00 3.00 73% 2.50 1.84 3.00 2.20
Vandread The Second Stage 5 3.80 3.60 51% 3.60 1.84 4.40 2.24
Cowboy Bebop 5 3.81 3.55 51% 3.55 1.81 5.74 2.93
Rozen Maiden 5 3.75 3.53 51% 3.53 1.80 4.61 2.35
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's 5 3.75 3.53 51% 3.53 1.80 4.18 2.13
Digimon Tamers 5 3.75 3.53 51% 3.53 1.80 4.18 2.13
Fairy Tail 5 4.00 4.00 51% 3.50 1.79 4.00 2.04
Saber Marionette J to X 5 3.67 3.43 51% 3.43 1.75 3.88 1.98
Michiko to Hatchin 5 3.67 3.43 51% 3.43 1.75 3.88 1.98
Saber Marionette J 5 3.64 3.40 51% 3.40 1.74 4.80 2.45
Seikai no Monshou 5 3.58 3.26 51% 3.26 1.66 4.49 2.29
Kiba 5 3.50 3.25 51% 3.25 1.66 3.43 1.75
Log Horizon 6 2.50 2.25 73% 2.25 1.65 2.43 1.79
Xenosaga - The Animation 6 2.67 2.20 73% 2.20 1.61 2.41 1.77
Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard 5 3.33 3.10 51% 3.10 1.58 3.54 1.81
Mai-Otome 5 3.25 3.03 51% 3.03 1.55 3.68 1.88
Heppoko Jiken Animation Excel Saga 5 3.42 3.01 51% 3.01 1.54 4.44 2.26
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children 5 3.40 3.00 51% 3.00 1.53 3.60 1.84
Samurai Champloo 5 3.33 3.00 51% 3.00 1.53 4.03 2.06
Mahou Senshi Riui 5 3.29 2.94 51% 2.94 1.50 3.79 1.94
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 5 3.33 2.86 51% 2.86 1.46 3.07 1.57
s-CRY-ed 5 3.22 2.83 51% 2.83 1.44 3.80 1.94
D.Gray-man 5 3.00 2.59 51% 2.59 1.32 2.87 1.46
.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu 5 3.00 2.59 51% 2.59 1.32 3.30 1.68
Full Metal Panic ~Fumoffu~ 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.59 1.83
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.29 1.73
Read or Die - TV 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.11 1.67
Sunabouzu 5 3.00 2.55 51% 2.55 1.30 3.11 1.58
Tetsuwan Birdy Decode 5 3.00 2.50 51% 2.50 1.28 2.43 1.24
Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Needless 5 3.00 2.50 51% 2.50 1.28 2.86 1.46
Kyou Kara Maou 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Hyper Police 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Final Fantasy VII - Last Order 5 3.00 2.50 51% 2.50 1.28 2.43 1.24
Top wo Nerae! 2 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Macross 7 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Futakoi Alternative 5 2.67 2.43 51% 2.43 1.24 2.88 1.47
Chrono Crusade 4 3.89 3.73 32% 3.73 1.22 4.94 1.61
School Rumble 4 3.89 3.73 32% 3.73 1.22 4.94 1.61
Scrapped Princess 4 3.88 3.71 32% 3.71 1.21 4.84 1.58
Busou Renkin 5 2.60 2.36 51% 2.36 1.20 3.11 1.59
AIR GEAR 5 2.75 2.34 51% 2.34 1.19 2.78 1.42

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