Best bets for:

Cosmo Warrior Zero

Rating Average: 3.0000
Rating Stddev: 0
Review Count: 1
Existing Best Bet #: 3
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 3.0000 - 0 ) + ( 0 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 3 ) - 0
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 3.0000 - 0 ) - 0.5 ) * $similarity
( 3 - 0.5 ) * $similarity
2.5 * $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: 5 - 2001, Action, Adventure, TV, Sci-Fi

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
Vandread The Second Stage 5 3.80 3.60 100% 3.60 3.60 4.40 4.40
Digimon Tamers 5 3.75 3.53 100% 3.53 3.53 4.18 4.18
Seikai no Senki II 5 3.67 3.43 100% 3.43 3.43 3.88 3.88
s-CRY-ed 5 3.22 2.83 100% 2.83 2.83 3.80 3.80
Read or Die - TV 4 4.00 4.00 64% 4.00 2.56 5.11 3.27
Eureka Seven 4 4.00 4.00 64% 4.00 2.56 5.00 3.20
Patapata Hikousen no Bouken 5 3.00 3.00 100% 2.50 2.50 3.43 3.43
Vandread 4 3.89 3.73 64% 3.73 2.39 4.94 3.16
Scrapped Princess 4 3.88 3.71 64% 3.71 2.37 4.84 3.10
Trigun 4 3.90 3.70 64% 3.70 2.37 5.94 3.80
Chikyu Shojo Arjuna 4 3.83 3.65 64% 3.65 2.33 4.57 2.93
Cowboy Bebop 4 3.81 3.55 64% 3.55 2.27 5.74 3.68
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's 4 3.75 3.53 64% 3.53 2.26 4.18 2.67
Interlude 4 3.75 3.53 64% 3.53 2.26 4.18 2.67
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha 4 3.75 3.53 64% 3.53 2.26 4.18 2.67
Brigadoon 5 2.50 2.25 100% 2.25 2.25 2.43 2.43
009-1 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.43 2.84
KURAU Phantom Memory 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.00 2.56
Zegapain 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.00 2.56
Hunter X Hunter 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.43 2.84
Heat Guy J 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.68 3.00
GEAR Fighter Dendoh 4 4.00 4.00 64% 3.50 2.24 4.00 2.56
Michiko to Hatchin 4 3.67 3.43 64% 3.43 2.20 3.88 2.48
Read or Die (OVA) 4 3.67 3.43 64% 3.43 2.20 4.74 3.03
Seikai no Monshou 4 3.58 3.26 64% 3.26 2.09 4.49 2.87
Kiba 4 3.50 3.25 64% 3.25 2.08 3.43 2.20
Brain Powerd 4 3.50 3.25 64% 3.25 2.08 3.86 2.47
Ergo Proxy 4 3.50 3.25 64% 3.25 2.08 3.86 2.47
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 4 3.50 3.25 64% 3.25 2.08 3.43 2.20
Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard 4 3.33 3.10 64% 3.10 1.98 3.54 2.27
Gun Sword 4 3.33 3.10 64% 3.10 1.98 3.54 2.27
Heppoko Jiken Animation Excel Saga 4 3.42 3.01 64% 3.01 1.93 4.44 2.84
Mahou Senshi Riui 4 3.29 2.94 64% 2.94 1.88 3.79 2.43
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 4 3.33 2.86 64% 2.86 1.83 3.07 1.97
Last Exile 4 3.29 2.77 64% 2.77 1.77 3.46 2.22
Kiddy Grade 4 3.12 2.66 64% 2.66 1.70 3.49 2.23
Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak 4 3.00 2.65 64% 2.65 1.69 3.15 2.02
Geneshaft 4 3.00 2.59 64% 2.59 1.66 2.87 1.83
.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu 4 3.00 2.59 64% 2.59 1.66 3.30 2.11
Erementar Gerad (TV) 4 3.00 2.59 64% 2.59 1.66 2.87 1.83
Boukyaku no Senritsu 4 3.00 2.55 64% 2.55 1.63 3.11 1.99
High School of the Dead 4 3.00 2.55 64% 2.55 1.63 3.11 1.99
Sunabouzu 4 3.00 2.55 64% 2.55 1.63 3.11 1.99
Pumpkin Scissors 4 2.75 2.53 64% 2.53 1.62 3.18 2.03
Kurogane Communication 4 3.00 2.50 64% 2.50 1.60 2.43 1.56
Soul Taker (TV) 4 3.00 2.50 64% 2.50 1.60 2.43 1.56
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here 4 3.00 2.50 64% 2.50 1.60 2.43 1.56
Tetsujin 28-gō 4 3.00 3.00 64% 2.50 1.60 3.00 1.92
Uchū Senshi Baldios TV 4 3.00 3.00 64% 2.50 1.60 3.00 1.92
Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 4 3.00 3.00 64% 2.50 1.60 3.00 1.92

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