Best bets for:

Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto

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 - 2010, Mecha, TV, Comedy, School Comedy, Sci-Fi, Action

For reference, Devil Doll's similarity calc is this:
( $matching_keys * ( $matching_keys / $total_keys ) * $total_keys ) / ( $total_keys * $total_keys )
Pool of potential series:
TitleKey MatchRatingRating - stddevDevil Doll's Similarity CalcNew bbetNew bbet * SimilarityOld bbetOld bbet * Similarity
Eureka Seven 5 4.00 4.00 51% 4.00 2.04 5.00 2.55
Vandread 5 3.89 3.73 51% 3.73 1.90 4.94 2.52
Vandread The Second Stage 5 3.80 3.60 51% 3.60 1.84 4.40 2.24
Suisei no Gargantia 5 4.00 4.00 51% 3.50 1.79 4.00 2.04
Full Metal Panic 5 3.64 3.28 51% 3.28 1.68 5.00 2.55
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV) 5 3.50 3.25 51% 3.25 1.66 3.43 1.75
Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard 5 3.33 3.10 51% 3.10 1.58 3.54 1.81
Gun Sword 5 3.33 3.10 51% 3.10 1.58 3.54 1.81
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 5 3.33 2.86 51% 2.86 1.46 3.07 1.57
Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak 5 3.00 2.65 51% 2.65 1.35 3.15 1.61
G-on Riders 5 3.00 2.59 51% 2.59 1.32 2.87 1.46
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.29 1.73
Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.43 1.77
Full Metal Panic ~Fumoffu~ 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.59 1.83
Armored Trooper Votoms 1: Uoodo City 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.43 1.75
Cheating Craft 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Shin Seiki Zoids Genesis 5 3.00 3.00 51% 2.50 1.28 3.00 1.53
Mai-HiME 4 3.88 3.71 32% 3.71 1.21 4.84 1.58
Trigun 4 3.90 3.70 32% 3.70 1.21 5.94 1.94
Uchuu no Stellvia 5 2.83 2.30 51% 2.30 1.17 2.88 1.47
Cowboy Bebop 4 3.81 3.55 32% 3.55 1.16 5.74 1.88
Digimon Tamers 4 3.75 3.53 32% 3.53 1.15 4.18 1.36
Durarara!! 4 3.75 3.53 32% 3.53 1.15 4.18 1.36
Neo Ranga 5 2.50 2.25 51% 2.25 1.15 2.43 1.24
Brigadoon 5 2.50 2.25 51% 2.25 1.15 2.43 1.24
SSSS.Dynazenon 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Zegapain 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Fairy Tail 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Cho Jiku Yosai Macross 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (TV 2) 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Simoun 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Uchuu Senkan Tiramisu Zwei 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Deca-Dence 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
009-1 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
FLCL Progressive 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.68 1.53
Sentou Mecha Xabungle 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Kidou Senshi Gundam UC 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
KURAU Phantom Memory 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Tengen Toppa Gurren-lagann 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.68 1.53
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 4 3.70 3.47 32% 3.47 1.13 4.67 1.53
Samurai 7 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Michiko to Hatchin 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Top wo Nerae! 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Kidou Senshi Gundam 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Gunparade March 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Saber Marionette J to X 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED 4 3.73 3.42 32% 3.42 1.12 4.60 1.50

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