The phrase "affect the selection of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors that influence or determine choices or decisions in a particular context.
Example: "Various criteria can affect the selection of candidates for the job."
Alternatives: "influence the choice of" or "impact the decision on".
In fact, ahead of deciding the target products for simulations, the flowrate and shape selectivity issues, which affect the selection of products for research, have been considered already.
While concept selection is recognized as a crucial component of the engineering design process, little is known about how concepts are selected during this process or what factors affect the selection of creative concepts.
Standards also affect the selection of raw water sources and the choice of treatment processes.
This fact can affect the selection of essential nutrients, thereby interfering with the process of satiation.
The weights highly affect the selection of links in the shortest paths.
The Bush administration ought not to miss the chance to affect the selection of judges and definition of new crimes -- issues that matter to America.
Various factors such as efficiency, maintainability, and design of the developed devices can affect the selection of optimized technologies.
Conclusions: In the PSOLAR population, multiple and age-appropriate comorbidities are associated with psoriasis and may affect the selection of psoriasis treatments.
This means that any changes that are made will not affect the selection of the next chief executive, who will be chosen in 2007 for a five-year term.
But the results do not affect the selection of the state's delegates to the Democratic National Convention, who are chosen through a caucus process that begins on March 7.
The paper presents a real tendering case which shows to what extent operating costs can affect the selection of the best version.
