, certain traits or allele s of genes segregating within a population may be subject to selection . Under selection, individuals with advantageous or Adaptation biology adaptive traits tend to be more ... generation than others do. When these traits have a genetic basis, selection can increase the prevalence ... selection is intense and persistent, adaptive traits become universal to the population or species ... selection experiments that permit the survival of organisms with user defined phenotypes. Artificial selection is widely used in the field of microbial genetics , especially molecular cloning . Overview Whether or not selection takes place depends on the conditions in which the individuals of a species ... undergo selection. Factors fostering selection include limits on resources nourishment, habitat space ... to such factors as selective pressures . Natural selection is the most familiar type of selection by name. The breeding of dogs, cows and horses, however, represents artificial selection . Subcategories of natural selection are also sometimes distinguished. These include sexual selection , ecological selection , stabilizing selection , disruptive selection and directional selection more on these below . Selection occurs only when the individuals of a population are diverse in their characteristics ... are selectively neutral , selection does not occur. Meanwhile, selection does not guarantee that advantageous ... , such traits may become less common or disappear. In the face of selection even a so called deleterious ... selection e.g. an infectious disease with only a low mortality rate or small population size small population s. Though deleterious alleles may sometimes become established, selection may act negatively as well as positively. Negative selection decreases the prevalence of traits that diminish ... selection increases the prevalence of adaptive traits. In biological discussions, traits subject to negative selection are sometimes said to be selected against, while those under positive selection are said ... more details
Other uses Negative selection disambiguation In natural selection , negative selection ref Loewe, L. 2008 . http www.nature.com scitable topicpage Negative Selection 1136 Negative selection . Nature Education 1 1 . ref or purifying selection is the selective removal of alleles that are Mutation Harmful mutations deleterious . This can result in stabilizing selection through the purging of deleterious variations that arise. Purging of deleterious alleles can be achieved on the population genetics level, with as little as a single point mutation being the unit of selection. In such a case, carriers of the harmful point mutation have fewer offspring each generation, reducing the frequency of the mutation in the gene pool. In the case of strong negative selection on a locus, the purging of deleterious variants will result in the occasional removal of genetic linkage linked variation, producing a decrease in the level of variation surrounding the locus under selection. The accidental purging of non deleterious alleles due to such spatial proximity to deleterious alleles is called background selection . ref Brian Charlesworth Charlesworth, B. , Morgan, M. T. and Deborah Charlesworth Charlesworth, D. 1993. The effect of deleterious mutations on neutral molecular variation. Genetics 134 , 1289 1303. http www.genetics.org cgi content abstract 134 4 1289 Link ref This effect increases with higher mutation rate but decreases with higher recombination rate. ref cite journal author Hudson RR, Kaplan NL title Deleterious background selection with recombination journal Genetics volume 141 issue 4 pages 1605 17 year 1995 month December pmid 8601498 pmc 1206891 ref See Also Balancing selection Directional selection Disruptive selection Stabilizing selection Assortative mating References Reflist MolecularEvolution genetics stub Category Selection Category Genetics it Selezione ambientale ... more details
Other uses Negative selection disambiguation Unreferenced date December 2006 Merge to artificial selection date July 2010 In artificial selection , negative selection is where negative, rather than positive, traits of a species are selected for evolutionary continuance. It is generally not desirable, but may be caused by man made conditions such as bad management , or like when human s eat the best plants or animals they have, leading to worse and worse stock for example, it occurred frequently in primitive beekeeping . Fact date April 2007 Another more recent example are regulations on fish and deer, where fish below a certain desired size will be set free, and deer suffering small antlers would less likely to be hunted, leading to undersized fish and small antlered deer populations the same case applies to the elephant s tusks. ref cite web title Poachers have created breed of tuskless elephant publisher The Independent date 19 June 2001 last McCarthy first Michael url http www.independent.co.uk news world asia poachers have created breed of tuskless elephant 674663.html accessdate 2010 07 11 ref ref cite web date 20 Jan 2008 publisher Telegraph last Gray first Richard title Why elephants are not so long in the tusk url http www.telegraph.co.uk science science news 3322455 Why elephants are not so long in the tusk.html accessdate 2010 07 11 ref Some proponents of Social Darwinism and eugenics argue that medicine and other technology technological , society societal , and culture cultural practices cause negative selection in humans, better known as dysgenics . According to them, human manifests more and more negative traits. ref cite book author Richard Lynn Lynn, Richard ... isbn 0275949176 ref In the case of microbiology and molecular biology , negative selection is used ... have shrunk and a recent study shows that extraction is making an artificial selection to eliminate ... References reflist Category Selection biology stub it Selezione negativa artificiale ... more details
Positive selection may refer to Positive selection as an Thymocyte Events during maturation event during thymocyte maturation Directional selection , a particular mode or mechanism of natural selection. disambig ... more details
Negative selection may refer to In biology Negative selection natural selection , in natural selection it refers to the selective removal of rare alleles that are deleterious Negative selection artificial selection , in artificial selection it refers to where negative, rather than positive, traits of a species are selected for In politics Negative selection politics , is a process that occurs in rigid hierarchies, most notably dictatorships In immunology Negative selection immunology T cells that recognize self MHC molecules and peptides with high affinity are deleted from the repertoire of cells. Central tolerance is produced. Avoids auto immunity. Occurs after positive selection. disambig it Selezione negativa ... more details
Unnatural Selection may refer to In literature Saurians Unnatural Selection comics Saurians Unnatural Selection comics , American comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from February 2002 to March, 2002 Unnatural Selection Buffy novel Unnatural Selection Buffy novel , an original novel based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Unnatural Selection 2006 , Gideon Oliver novel by Aaron Elkins In television Unnatural Selection The Outer Limits Unnatural Selection The Outer Limits , an episode of The Outer Limits television show Unnatural Selection Stargate SG 1 Unnatural Selection Stargate SG 1 , an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG 1 Unnatural Selection Star Trek The Next Generation Unnatural Selection Star Trek The Next Generation , an episode in the second season of Star Trek The Next Generation Other Unnatural Selection album is an album by Flotsam and Jetsam band Flotsam And Jetsam . Unnatural Selection video game is the name of a videogame released by Maxis . Unnatural Selection is a song by Muse band Muse from their album The Resistance album The Resistance . Unnatural Selection is an entry in the direct to video series P.R.O.B.E. , a spin off of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who featuring companion character Liz Shaw . See also Artificial selection Natural selection disambig ... more details
Wiktionary selectionSelection is the differential survival and reproduction among genotypes. Selection may also refer to In computer science Selection user interface Selection genetic algorithm Selection relational algebra Selection based search , a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse Selection algorithm , an algorithm that finds the k th smallest number in a list Other uses Selected album Selected album , the compilation album by Recoil Selection Australian history , an area of crown land acquired under legislation Selection album Selection album , by 54 40 Selective school Selection in schools , the admission of students on the basis of selective critera Selection effect , a distortion of data arising from the way that the data are collected Selektion , selection of prisoners for execution at a Nazi concentration camp disambig de Selektion es Selecci n fr S lection gl Selecci n ja no Seleksjon sk Selekcia ... more details
unreferenced date August 2010 Selection ratio refers to the ratio of the number job positions to the number of job applicants and is used in the context of selection and recruitment . It is typically assumed to be a number between 0 and 1 where a number closer to zero implies that there are many applicants for any one position. The selection ratio provides information about the value of assessment tools, such as interviews, work samples, and psychometric tests. When the selection ratio is close to one, most applicants will need to be hired in order to fill the available positions. As such knowing that one applicant is likely to perform better than another is of limited value. In contrast when the selection ratio is closer to zero, assessment tools have greater value in indicating which subset of job applicants are likely to perform best. Estimates of the selection ratio can form part of estimates of utility for a given selection and recruitment system. Employment Category Recruitment Category Employment Category Human resource management ... more details
also Balancing selection Disruptive selection Negative selection natural selection Stabilizing selection ... Selection in the Human Lineage journal Science volume 312 date 2006 Cite journal author Pickrell JK, Coop G, Novembre J et. al. title Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations journal Genome Research date May 2009 MolecularEvolution DEFAULTSORT Directional Selection Category Selection bg et Suunav valik es Selecci n direccional it Selezione ... more details
Truncation selection is a Selection genetic algorithm selection method used in genetic algorithm s to select potential candidate solutions for recombination. In truncation selection the candidate solutions are ordered by fitness, and some proportion, p, e.g. p 1 2, 1 3, etc. , of the fittest individuals are selected and reproduced 1 p times. Truncation selection is less sophisticated than many other selection methods, and is not often used in practice. It is used in Muhlenbein s Breeder Genetic Algorithm . ref cite journal journal Evolutionary Computation year 1993 title Predictive Models for the Breeder Genetic Algorithm author H Muhlenbein, D Schlierkamp Voosen url http citeseer.comp.nus.edu.sg rd 0,730860,1,0.25,Download http qSqqSqwww.ais.fraunhofer.deqSq 257EmuehlenqSqpublicationsqSqgmd as ga 93 01.ps ref References reflist compu AI stub comp sci stub bioinformatics stub Category Genetic algorithms ... more details
In mathematical mathematical model modelling and system identification , the term input selection is used to denote the process of selecting those inputs which are most relevant in describing the output. The inputs which are retained after the input selection process are those that are used for the actual modelling. Math stub Category Mathematics ... more details
M 1 Selection is series of MMA competitions held by M 1 Global where the next generation of superstars ... them a trip to the championship event where they will compete for a M 1 Selection title. ref http www.m 1global.com 2011 03 07 m 1 selection 2011 e2 80 93 asia opening round 1 announced ref M 1 Selection 1 2009 Season class wikitable border 1 Event Date Location Schedule M 1 Selection 1 13.03.2009 St.Petersburg ... St.Petersburg 4 1 M 1 Selection 2 04.19.2009 St.Petersburg, Russia Team Crazy Bears vs Team Sochi Star 2 3 Team Rus Fighters vs Team Legion 1 4 Team Action Force vs Team Combat Bears 3 2 M 1 Selection ... Action Force 2 3 Team Mockva vs Team Anapa 2 3 M 1 Selection 4 23.06.2009 St.Petersburg, Russia Team Sochi Star vs Team Anapa 1 4 Team Comba Bears vs Team Legion 0 5 M 1 Selection 5 21.07.2009 St.Petersburg, Russia Team Dagestan vs Team Rus Fighters 4 1 Team Mockva vs Team Crazy Bears 3 2 M 1 Selection ... 2 3 M 1 Selection 7 03.10.2009 Moscow, Russia Team Rus Fighters vs Team Combat Bears 2 3 Team Anapa vs Team Crazy Bears 5 0 M 1 Selection 8 04.10.2009 Moscow, Russia Team Mockv vs Team Red Devil 3 2 Team Action Force vs Team Legion 4 1 M 1 Selection 9 13.11.2000 St.Petersburg, Russia Team Sochi Star vs Team Mockva 2 3 Team Combat Bears vs Team Dagestan 2 3 M 1 Selection 10 Final 03.12.2009 St.Petersburg, Russia Team Red Devil vs Team Dagestan 2 3 M 1 Selection Urkaine 1 2009 Season class wikitable border 1 Event Date Schedule M 1 Selection 2009 Ukraine Qualifying Match 1 15.06.2009 Team ... 4 1 M 1 Selection 2009 Ukraine Qualifying Match 2 04.07.2009 Team BC arhat simferopol vs Team KCS Makfight.ua Kiev Region , Makarov 0 5 Tem PBK Faytzona Donetsk vs Team SK Sokol Chermigov 2 3 M 1 Selection ... , Makarov 1 4 Team RFP Lviv vs Team IC Bars Krivoy Rog 5 0 M 1 Selection 2009 Ukraine 2nd Round ... vs Team IC Bars Krivoy Rog 5 0 M 1 Selection 2009 Ukraine Semi Final 29.11.2009 Team SK Sokol Chermigov ... RFP Lviv 2 3 M 1 Selection 2009 Ukraine Final 24.12.2009 Team SK Sokol Chermigov vs Team BC Tez Tour ... more details
Personnel selection is the process used to hire or, less commonly, promote individuals. Although the term can apply to all aspects of the process recruitment, selection, hiring, acculturation, etc. the most common meaning focuses on the selection of workers. Overview The professional standards of industrial psychology industrial psychologists require that any selection system be based on a job analysis to ensure that the selection criteria are job related. The requirements for a selection system are knowledge, skills, ability, and other characteristics, known as KSAO s . U.S. law also recognizes bona fide occupational qualifications BFOQs , which are requirements for a job which would be discriminatory were they not necessary such as only employing men as wardens of maximum security male prisons ... professors of its religion to teach its theology. The goal of personnel selection, as all business processes, is to ensure an adequate return on investment. In the case of selection, this entails ... addresses this issue. Several screening methods exist that may be used in personnel selection. Examples ... that specialize in developing personnel selection systems. History and development Selection ... civil servant exams , which were established in 605, may be the first documented, modern selection tests. As a scientific and scholarly field, personnel selection owes much to psychometric theory and the art of integrating selection systems falls to human resources human resource professionals . Much of the US research on selection is conducted by members of the http www.siop.org Society for Industrial ..., validity, and utility of various forms of selection measures Methods for demonstrating return on investment for selection systems Assessing fairness and making selection systems as fair as possible ..., such as personality Predicting job performance Expand section date April 2011 A meta analysis of selection ... The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology Practical and theoretical ... more details
Tournament selection is a method of selecting an individual from a population of individuals in a genetic algorithm . Tournament selection involves running several tournaments among a few individuals chosen at random from the population. The winner of each tournament the one with the best fitness is selected for Crossover genetic algorithm crossover . Selection pressure is easily adjusted by changing the tournament size. If the tournament size is larger, weak individuals have a smaller chance to be selected. Tournament selection pseudo code choose k the tournament size individuals from the population at random choose the best individual from pool tournament with probability p choose the second best individual with probability p 1 p choose the third best individual with probability p 1 p 2 and so on... Deterministic tournament selection selects the best individual when p 1 in any tournament. A 1 way tournament k 1 selection is equivalent to random selection. The chosen individual can be removed from the population that the selection is made from if desired, otherwise individuals can be selected more than once for the next generation. Tournament selection has several benefits it is efficient to code, works on parallel architectures and allows the selection pressure to be easily adjusted. External links http citeseerx.ist.psu.edu viewdoc download jsessionid 621DB995CF9017353A57518149E3CAA4?doi 10.1.1.30.6625&rep rep1&type pdf Genetic Algorithms, Tournament Selection, and the Effects of Noise by Brad L. Miller and David E. Goldberg Portable Document Format PDF link . Category Genetic algorithms ... more details
Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the issue is settled Article for deletion dated page Bad Selection timestamp 20110320110918 year 2011 month March day 20 substed yes help off For administrator use only Old AfD multi page Bad Selection date 20 March 2011 result keep End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point Infobox Single Name Bad Selection Cover Deadmau5 Bad Selection.png Artist deadmau5 Album 4x4 12 Released 21 November 2010 Format Digital Download Recorded 2010 Genre Electro house , Electronic music electronic Length 5 32 single version br 5 01 mixed album version Label Virgin Records Virgin Ultra Records Ultra mau5trap Writer Deadmau5 Joel Zimmerman Chronology Deadmau5 singles Last single Right This Second br 2010 This single Bad Selection br 2010 Next single Raise Your Weapon br 2010 Bad Selection is a song by deadmau5 from his 2010 album 4x4 12 . It was released as the third promotional single from the album exclusively on iTunes on 21st November 2010. Track listing Digital Download Bad Selection 5 32 References http itunes.apple.com album bad selection single id402494123 Bad Selection Single by deadmau5 on iTunes http www.youtube.com watch?v fVGEumVLBuo YouTube deadmau5 Bad Selection External links http itunes.apple.com album bad selection single id402494123 Bad Selection Single by deadmau5 on iTunes deadmau5 Categories ... more details
Tandem selection is a method of artificial selection in which useful traits are selected for sequentially. For instance, one could select for both increased milk Crop yield yield and increased milk fat content in cow s via tandem selection by first selecting those with the best of one trait, say those that produce highest milk yield, and then when that trait is at a satisfactory level, by starting to select for those cows that produce milk with the greatest milk fat content instead. However, for cows to produce milk with greater fat content, yield may have to go down due to, perhaps, limits of the cows metabolism . So, while you are selecting for cows which have increased milk fat content, the yield of milk they are producing may also go down, thus reversing the selection process previously performed to increase it. Therefore, tandem selection has a major disadvantage to other major types of artificial selection for multiple traits, such as culling and index selection , as there is a tendency for the last trait to be lost as the next is being selected. Category Breeding Genetics stub ... more details
Refimprove date February 2010 Model selection is the task of selecting a statistical model from a set of potential models, given data. In the simplest cases, a pre existing set of data is considered. However the task can also involve the design of experiments such that the data collection data collected is well suited to the problem of model selection. Introduction In its most basic forms, model selection is one of the fundamental tasks of Scientific method scientific inquiry . Determining the principle ... throughout their book on model selection. Once the set of possible models has been selected, the mathematical .... A good model selection technique will balance goodness of fit with simplicity. More complex ... in the model. Model selection techniques can be considered as estimators of some physical quantity ... efficiency is also often considered. A standard example of model selection is that of curve ... samples , we must select a function that describes the best curve. Methods of model selection Scientific method Statistical hypothesis testing Experiments for model selection Design of experiments Optimal design Model selection Optimal design Fractional factorial design Screening experiments Criteria for model selection Akaike information criterion Bayesian model comparison Bayesian information ... Algorithmic information theory Stepwise regression Stability analysis based model selection Cross ... Optimal design Model selection Optimal design Regression model validation References Aznar Grasa, A. 1989 . Econometric Model Selection A New Approach , Springer. ISBN 978 0 7923 0321 3 Burnham, K. P., and D. R. Anderson 2002 . Model Selection and Multimodel Inference A Practical Information Theoretic ... Selection and Model Averaging , Cambridge. Statistics Least Squares and Regression Analysis Category Model selection Model selection Category Statistical models Category Statistical theory Category Regression variable selection ... more details
A unit of selection is a biological entity within the hierarchy of biological organisation e.g. genes , cell biology cell s, individuals , deme groups , species that is subject to natural selection . For several ... has been as much about what it means to be a unit of selection as it has about the relative importance of the units themselves, e.g., is it group or individual selection that has driven the evolution ... theory, for instance see Kin selection . Examples of selection at each level Below, cases of selection at the genic, cellular, individual and group level from within the multi level selection perspective are presented and discussed. Selection at the level of the gene Main gene centered view of evolution George C. Williams in his influential book Adaptation and Natural Selection was one of the first to present a gene centered view of evolution with the gene as the unit of selection, arguing that a unit of selection should exhibit a high degree of permanence. Richard Dawkins has written several ... be preferred as units of selection. This is because replicators, owing to their permanence, should ... is the unit of selection. Dawkins further expounded this view in an entire chapter called God s utility ... New York year 1995 isbn 0 465 06990 8 ref Some clear cut examples of selection at the level of the gene ... mutagenic and thus reduce drastically individual fitness, so that there is strong selection against ... fitness, clearly exemplifying the potential conflict between selection at different levels. Selection at the level of the cell Leo Buss in his book The Evolution of Individuality proposes that much ... the interests of the individual organism. This selection for unconstrained proliferation is in conflict with the fitness interests of the individual, and thus there is tension between selection at the level of the cell and selection at the level of the individual. Since the proliferation of specific ... selection at the level of the cell to enhance its own fitness. In the case of the vertebrate immune ... more details
In machine learning and statistics , feature selection , also known as variable selection , feature reduction , attribute selection or variable subset selection , is the technique of selecting a subset ... is also called discriminative gene selection , which detects influential genes based on DNA microarray experiments. By removing most irrelevant and redundant features from the data, feature selection .... Feature selection also helps people to acquire better understanding about their data by telling ... Simple feature selection algorithms are ad hoc, but there are also more methodical approaches. From a theoretical perspective, it can be shown that optimal feature selection for supervised learning ... algorithms, the search is for a satisfactory set of features instead of an optimal set. Feature selection algorithms typically fall into two categories feature ranking and subset selection. Feature .... Subset selection searches the set of possible features for the optimal subset. In statistics, the most popular form of feature selection is stepwise regression . It is a greedy algorithm that adds .... Subset selection Subset selection evaluates a subset of features as a group for suitability. Subset selection algorithms can be broken into Wrappers, Filters and Embedded. Wrappers use a search ... Greedy algorithm Greedy forward selection Greedy algorithm Greedy backward elimination Two popular ... based feature selection Correlation based feature selection Optimality criteria There are a variety of optimality criteria that can be used for controlling feature selection. The oldest are Mallows ... p q math . Minimum redundancy maximum relevance feature selection Features can be selected in many .... This has been called maximum relevance selection. Many heuristic algorithms can be used, such as the sequential ... variable. This scheme, termed as minimum redundancy maximum relevance selection http penglab.janelia.org proj mRMR mRMR , has been found to be more powerful than the maximum relevance selection ... more details
Index Selection is a method of artificial selection in which several useful traits are selected simultaneously. First, each trait that is going to be selected is assigned a weight the importance of the trait. I.e., if you were selecting for both height and the coat darkness in dogs, if height were the more important of the two one would assign that a higher weighting. For instance, height s weighting could be ten and coat darkness could be one. This weighting value is then multiplied by the observed value in each individual animal and then the score for each of the characteristics is summed for each individual. This result is the index score and can be used to compare the worth of each organism being selected. Therefore, only those with the highest index score are selected for breeding via artificial selection. This method has advantages over other methods of artificial selection, such as tandem selection , in that you can select for traits simultaneously rather than sequentially. Thereby, no useful traits are being excluded from selection at any one time and so none will stagnate or reverse while you concentrate on improving another property of the organism. However, its major disadvantage is that the weightings assigned to each characteristic are inherently quite hard to calculate precisely and so require some elements of trial and error before they become optimal to the breeder. Category Breeding Genetics stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Original research date September 2007 Ecological selection or environmental selection or survival selection or individual selection or asexual selection refers to natural selection minus sexual selection , i.e. strictly ecological processes that operate on a species inherited ... 2007 The variant names describe varying circumstances where sexual selection is wholly suppressed ... selection can be said to be taking place in any circumstance where inheritance of specific traits ... or asexually reproducing, an ecological selection is taking place. In sexual reproduction ... of sexual selection factors prevents the normal sexual competition rituals and selection from taking place, but which also prevent artificial selection from operating, e.g. arranged marriages, where .... Ecological selection vs sexual selection In cases where ecological and sexual selection factors ... to distinguish them as sub processes within natural selection. For instance, Ceratogaulus , the Oligocene ... run or evade predators thus ecological selection seems to have ultimately trumped sexual. It is also important to distinguish ecological selection in cases of extreme ecological abundance, e.g. the human built environment, cities or zoos, where sexual selection must generally predominate, as there is no threat ..., however it becomes a sexual selection factor. Similar phenomena can be said to exist in humans e.g. the mail order bride who primarily mates for economic advantage. Differentiating ecological selection ... than a typical selection in the wild. In general, ecological selection is assumed to be the dominant process in natural selection , except in highly cognitive species that do not, or do not always ... sexual fitness under normal sexual selection processes for that species. For example, if only a few ... of males, sexual selection has been suppressed by an ecological selection the disaster . Such situations ... events where ecological selection predominates can lead to a population with specific advantages ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Fittest Selection Type compilation Artist Burning Spear Cover Select 500x500.jpg Released 1987 Recorded 1987 Genre Reggae Length mm ss Label EMI Producer Reviews Last album This album Next album The Fittest Selection is a 1987 album by Burning Spear . Track listing The Fittest of the Fittest Bad To Worse Road Foggy African Teacher She s Mine Fire Man Cry Blood Africa Jah A Go Raid Message Farover Distance Farover Dub DEFAULTSORT Fittest Selection, The Category 1987 compilation albums Category Burning Spear compilation albums ... more details
Equilibrium selection is a concept from game theory which seeks to address reasons for players of a game to select a certain equilibrium over another. The concept is especially relevant in evolutionary game theory , where the different methods of equilibrium selection respond to different ideas of what equilibria will be stable and persistent for one player to play even in the face of deviations and mutations of the other players. This is important because there are various equilibrium concept s, and for many particular concepts, such as the Nash equilibrium , many games have multiple equilibria. Examples of equilibrium selection concepts Risk dominance Payoff dominance 1 2 dominance References Harsany, John C. and Selten, Reinhard, A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games , MIT Press 1988 Game theory Gametheory stub Category Game theory ... more details
Notability date January 2010 Orphan date December 2009 Unreferenced date December 2009 Migrant Selection There are two different types of Human migration migrant selection positively, or negatively selected. Migrants that are negatively selected are those that are considered to be less educated and poorer compared to their other counterparts. Many of those who migrated to United States America early were negatively selected one of the most famous quotes on the Statue of Liberty Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Positive migrant selection are those migrants that are highly educated and have also been known to contribute towards a brain drain of many countries IE India the best and the brightest are considered positive selection. Category Human migration ... more details