ayush-mandowara-bst

// Node.js implementation of Evan Miller's algorithm for ranking stuff based on upvotes: 
// http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html

const stats = require('simple-statistics')

const lower_bound = (upvotes, n = 0, confidence = 0.95) => {
  if (n === 0) return 0

  // for performance purposes you might consider memoize the calcuation for z
  const z = stats.probit(1-(1-confidence)/2)