Interesting paper on calculating the difficulty level of manufacturing a model

Here's the paper: [arxiv.org] (free PDF download available)

I only scanned through the document. The guy claims to have used a algorithm to calculate and visualize the difficulty level of a "manufacturing" a build. He claims it allows designers to make a more informed choice between additive and subtractive methods.

In your opinion, could a similar technique be helpful for reprap users?

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Aufruf zum Projekt "Müll-freie Meere" - [reprap.org] -- Deutsche Facebook-Gruppe - [www.facebook.com]

Call for the project "garbage-free seas" - [reprap.org]

Link works okay for me! Here's a direct link to the pdf, if that helps: [arxiv.org]

I've started to read the paper more thoroughly, there is a reference [19] that explains the manufacturing indexes in more detail:

[19] O. Kerbrat, Méthodologie de conception d’outillages modulaires hybrides basée sur l’évaluation 
quantitative de la complexité de fabrication, PhD Thesis, École Centrale de Nantes (2009) (in French)

This document can be found here: [tel.archives-ouvertes.fr]

It's in french. My french is not too bad, I'll start reading through it after I've finished reading the paper.