Selection (disambiguation)

Selection (disambiguation)

Selection may refer to:

* Selection, in the context of biological evolution
* in computer science
** Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the "k"th smallest number in a list
** Selection (genetic algorithm)
** Selection (relational algebra)
* Selection in schools
* Selection effect, when unobserved background characteristics are correlated with adoption of some new program or technology, possibly confounding empirical analysis
*Selective and non-selective ligands, the tendency of ligands to prefer certain receptors
* "Selection" (album)
* Selection (Australian history), an area of crown land acquired under legislation
* Selektion, selection of prisoners for execution at a Nazi concentration camp


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