'''Author's Note.''' The initial portion of this essay is the ''Interest Statement'' that I submitted as a part of my application to graduate school in the Systems Engineering doctoral program at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan in September 1992. | '''Author's Note.''' The initial portion of this essay is the ''Interest Statement'' that I submitted as a part of my application to graduate school in the Systems Engineering doctoral program at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan in September 1992. |