Best bets for:

Maison Ikkoku: Utsuriyuku Kisetsu no Naka de

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 - OVA, Romance, 1988, Slice of Life, Family Affairs

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
Maison Ikkoku 4 3.22 2.91 64% 2.91 1.86 3.96 2.53
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien - Haruka Route 3 3.75 3.53 36% 3.53 1.27 4.18 1.50
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ Miyuki 3 3.75 3.53 36% 3.53 1.27 4.18 1.50
Aki-Sora 3 4.00 4.00 36% 3.50 1.26 4.00 1.44
Tonari no Totoro 3 3.71 3.49 36% 3.49 1.26 4.47 1.61
Toradora! 3 3.70 3.47 36% 3.47 1.25 4.67 1.68
Aishiteru Ze Baby 3 3.67 3.43 36% 3.43 1.24 4.31 1.55
Koi Kaze 3 3.67 3.29 36% 3.29 1.19 4.03 1.45
Koko wa Greenwood 3 3.50 3.25 36% 3.25 1.17 3.86 1.39
I's Pure 3 3.33 3.10 36% 3.10 1.12 3.54 1.28
Nazo no Kanojo X: Nazo no Natsu Matsuri 3 3.33 3.10 36% 3.10 1.12 3.54 1.28
Clannad: After Story 3 3.33 3.10 36% 3.10 1.12 3.98 1.43
Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ 3 3.14 2.82 36% 2.82 1.02 3.71 1.34
True Tears 3 3.00 2.59 36% 2.59 0.93 3.30 1.19
Hachimitsu to Kuroba Specials 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.43 1.24
Maison Ikkoku: Ikkoku-tou Nanpa Shimatsu ki 3 3.00 2.50 36% 2.50 0.90 2.43 0.88
Ai Yori Aoshi - Dream Story 3 3.00 2.50 36% 2.50 0.90 2.86 1.03
Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen 3 3.00 3.00 36% 2.50 0.90 3.00 1.08
Da Capo If 3 3.00 2.50 36% 2.50 0.90 2.43 0.88
Kyou no Go no Ni (OVA) 3 2.60 2.36 36% 2.36 0.85 3.11 1.12
Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody 3 2.50 2.25 36% 2.25 0.81 2.86 1.03
Baby Love OVA 3 2.33 2.10 36% 2.10 0.76 2.54 0.92
Clannad: After Story - Kyou Chapter 3 2.33 2.10 36% 2.10 0.76 2.54 0.92
Futari Ecchi 3 2.50 2.07 36% 2.07 0.74 2.50 0.90
Myself; Yourself 3 2.38 2.03 36% 2.03 0.73 2.97 1.07
Mimi wo Sumaseba 2 4.00 4.00 16% 4.00 0.64 5.00 0.80
Kimagure Orange Road: Ano hi ni Kaeritai 2 4.00 4.00 16% 4.00 0.64 5.00 0.80
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen 2 3.94 3.79 16% 3.79 0.61 6.11 0.98
BECK 2 3.83 3.65 16% 3.65 0.58 4.57 0.73
Yosuga no Sora 3 1.80 1.60 36% 1.60 0.58 2.40 0.86
Usagi Drop 2 3.80 3.60 16% 3.60 0.58 4.40 0.70
Nazo no Kanojo X 2 3.75 3.53 16% 3.53 0.57 4.18 0.67
Aria the OAV ~Arietta~ 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Violet Evergarden OAV 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Seikai no Senki III 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.68 0.75
Horimiya 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Happy Lesson the Final 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Hitozuma Kasumi-san 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Milk Junkies 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Steel Angel Kurumi Encore 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.43 0.71
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OVA) 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.86 0.78
Just Because 2 4.00 4.00 16% 3.50 0.56 4.00 0.64
Aa! Megami-sama - Sorezore no Tsubasa OVA 2 3.67 3.43 16% 3.43 0.55 3.88 0.62
Nanaka 6/17 2 3.67 3.43 16% 3.43 0.55 3.88 0.62
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 2 3.67 3.43 16% 3.43 0.55 3.88 0.62
Taiho Shichauzo! (OAV) 2 3.67 3.43 16% 3.43 0.55 3.88 0.62
Top wo Nerae! 2 3.67 3.43 16% 3.43 0.55 3.88 0.62
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo 3 2.00 2.00 36% 1.50 0.54 2.68 0.97
Hori-san to Miyamura-kun 3 2.00 2.00 36% 1.50 0.54 2.00 0.72

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