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| Keyword | select | 
| Purpose | The select functions controls which resource is picked from an allocation and it's alternatives. The selection is re-evaluated each time the resource used in the previous time slot becomes unavailable. Even for non-persistent allocations a change in the resource selection only happens if the resource used in the previous (or next for ASAP tasks) time slot has become unavailable. | |
| Syntax | select (maxloaded | minloaded | minallocated | order | random) | |
| Arguments | maxloaded | Pick the available resource that has been used the most so far. | 
| minloaded | Pick the available resource that has been used the least so far. | |
| minallocated | Pick the resource that has the smallest allocation factor. The allocation factor is calculated from the various allocations of the resource across the tasks. This is the default setting.) | |
| order | Pick the first available resource from the list. | |
| random | Pick a random resource from the list. | |
| Context | allocate | |
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