Best bets for:

Gankutsuou

Rating Average: 3.5000
Rating Stddev: 0.5
Review Count: 2
Existing Best Bet #: 3.43067655807339
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 3.5000 - 0.5 ) + ( 0.693147180559945 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 3 ) - 0.430676558073393
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 3.5000 - 0.25 ) - 0 ) * $similarity
( 3.25 - 0 ) * $similarity
3.25 * $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: 6 - 2005, TV, Sci-Fi, Action, Dark, Drama

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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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 5 4.00 4.00 69% 4.00 2.78 5.29 3.68
Eureka Seven 5 4.00 4.00 69% 4.00 2.78 5.00 3.47
Interlude 5 3.75 3.53 69% 3.53 2.45 4.18 2.90
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's 5 3.75 3.53 69% 3.53 2.45 4.18 2.90
Fantastic Children 5 4.00 4.00 69% 3.50 2.43 4.43 3.08
X-Men 5 3.50 3.25 69% 3.25 2.26 3.43 2.38
Loveless (TV) 5 3.50 3.25 69% 3.25 2.26 3.43 2.38
Zipang 5 3.50 3.25 69% 3.25 2.26 3.43 2.38
Naruto 5 3.62 3.20 69% 3.20 2.22 4.87 3.38
Trinity Blood 6 2.78 2.21 100% 2.21 2.21 3.01 3.01
Elfen Lied 5 3.50 3.07 69% 3.07 2.13 4.18 2.90
Monster 5 3.50 3.07 69% 3.07 2.13 3.50 2.43
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch 5 3.29 2.94 69% 2.94 2.04 3.79 2.64
Bleach 5 3.43 2.90 69% 2.90 2.02 3.59 2.49
Blood Plus 5 3.11 2.67 69% 2.67 1.86 3.60 2.50
Kiddy Grade 5 3.12 2.66 69% 2.66 1.85 3.49 2.42
Erementar Gerad (TV) 5 3.00 2.59 69% 2.59 1.80 2.87 1.99
Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX 4 4.00 4.00 44% 4.00 1.78 5.43 2.41
High School of the Dead 5 3.00 2.55 69% 2.55 1.77 3.11 2.16
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch Season 2 5 3.00 2.55 69% 2.55 1.77 3.11 2.16
Solty Rei 5 3.00 3.00 69% 2.50 1.74 3.43 2.38
Speed Grapher 5 3.00 3.00 69% 2.50 1.74 3.68 2.56
Code Geass: Bōkoku no Akito 5 3.00 3.00 69% 2.50 1.74 3.00 2.08
Mai-HiME 4 3.88 3.71 44% 3.71 1.65 4.84 2.15
Jinzo Ningen Kikaider 4 3.83 3.65 44% 3.65 1.62 4.57 2.03
Chikyu Shojo Arjuna 4 3.83 3.65 44% 3.65 1.62 4.57 2.03
Vandread The Second Stage 4 3.80 3.60 44% 3.60 1.60 4.40 1.96
Cowboy Bebop 4 3.81 3.55 44% 3.55 1.58 5.74 2.55
Bokurano 4 3.75 3.53 44% 3.53 1.57 4.18 1.86
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha 4 3.75 3.53 44% 3.53 1.57 4.18 1.86
Rozen Maiden 4 3.75 3.53 44% 3.53 1.57 4.61 2.05
Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou 4 3.75 3.53 44% 3.53 1.57 4.18 1.86
Digimon Tamers 4 3.75 3.53 44% 3.53 1.57 4.18 1.86
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (TV 2) 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Hikari to Mizu no Daphne 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Simoun 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Seikai no Senki III 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.68 2.08
KURAU Phantom Memory 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Hotori ~ Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Casshern: The Last Day on Earth 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Heat Guy J 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.68 2.08
Kiseijū: Sei no Kakuritsu 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Psycho-Pass 3 4 4.00 4.00 44% 3.50 1.56 4.00 1.78
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 4 3.70 3.47 44% 3.47 1.54 4.67 2.08
X (TV) 4 3.75 3.47 44% 3.47 1.54 4.91 2.18
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa 4 3.78 3.46 44% 3.46 1.54 4.51 2.01
Saber Marionette J to X 4 3.67 3.43 44% 3.43 1.52 3.88 1.72

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