Project Persian Gulf Description: The Persian Gulf project was a short-term and not-for-profit project which was targeted to develop a few open source instances of the coordinated brute force method. This method was originally introduced in Globe Optimizer paper in our Appetizer series. The project was initially announced on December 31, 2004, but after launching our Research Kit Program nearly one year later, we merged this project into that program. The research results for the traveling salesman problem are now available at our Research Kit Program. You can also view the initial statement of the project.   © 2000-08 Aria Technology Group