| Sr. No | MDSPL techniques | No. of researches | Research identifications |
| 1 | Feature Model (FM) | 33 | [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [7] [10] [11] [12] [14] [15] [17] [19] [22] [24] [25] [28] [29] [31] [33] [36] [37] [38] [39] [45] [47] [49] [50] [51] [56] [60] [63] [67] [69] |
| 2 | Variable Model (VM) | 18 | [3] [4] [13] [21] [23] [26] [31] [33] [35] [36] [38] [41] [42] [43] [52] [53] [55] [64] |
| 3 | PLA (Product line architecture) | 4 | [9] [29] [39] [58] |
| 4 | Orthogonal Variability Model (OVM) | 4 | [19] [46] [56] [61] |
| 5 | Feature-oriented domain analysis (FODA) method | 5 | [10] [18] [65] [69] [71] |
| 6 | Feature oriented reuse method (FORM) | 3 | [18] [65] [71] |
| 7 | Model-based testing (MBT) | 1 | [19] |
| 8 | Reduction technique | 1 | [63] |
| 9 | Aspect oriented (AO) Technique | 1 | [39] |
| 10 | Component-based development (CBD) and aspect-oriented development (AOD) Technique | 1 | [40] |
| 11 | Ontology-based technique | 1 | [15] |
| 12 | Mapping | 1 | [4] |
| 13 | Traditional software metric methods | 1 | [32] |
| 14 | Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) | 1 | [20] |