Introduction: On equilibrium selection -- 1. The equilibrium concept -- 2. Examples of games with multiple equilibria -- 3. Refinement concepts versus equilibrium selection theory -- 4. The state of the art in equilibrium selection -- 5. Equilibrium selection based on resistance avoidance (ESBORA) -- I: The concept of resistance avoidance -- 1. Modelling finite noncooperative games -- 2. The definition of resistance dominance -- 3. General properties of resistance dominance -- 4. Applying the principle of resistance avoidance -- II: Generating complete (agent) normal forms and candidate sets -- 1. Uniformly perturbed (agent) normal forms -- 2. Cell composition -- 3. Completing cell games and the residual game -- 4. Generating irreducible games -- 5. Generating candidate sets for irreducible games -- 6. The limit solution for the unperturbed game -- 7. Simplifications of the solution procedure in nondegenerate games -- 8. Examples -- III: Generalizing the weights for normalized individual resistances -- 1. The 'one seller and n-1 buyers'-problem -- 2. The generalized ESBORA-concept -- 3. Examples -- IV: Further perspectives for improving the ESBORA-concept -- 1. Continuous weights -- 2. Defining restricted games by the formation structure -- 3. Mixed strategy equilibria as solution candidates -- Final Remarks -- Notations -- References.