Currently, selection of the 78 teams participating at the NDT involves a three stage process.

The selection of a particular biometric for use in a specific application involves a weighting of several factors.

Often, the selection involves picking someone with a background in finance, marketing or manufacturing to fill a particular weakness at a company.

The selection will involve hundreds of computer trials as well on-the-ground testing at half a dozen locations around the world.

The selection of a likely kill zone involves evaluating the terrain and making up for any inadequacies.

The selection of a freight payment company involves more than just hiring a service provider.

A second selection involved 300 Jews, most of them suffering from typhoid fever.

Natural selection does not involve progress towards an ultimate goal.

The first such selections involved isolation of various aptamers that bind to small molecules.