| Number | Approach | Easy handling, ease of use | Clarity of diagrams | Representation and notations | Support for code generation | Tools | Usability ratings | ||||
| graphic | textual | XML | free | owner | |||||||
| Methods | 1 | CORE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | JSD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | YSM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | RTSAD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | DARTS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | ADARTS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | CoDarts | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | MASCOT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | HOOD/ HRT-HOOD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 10 | ROOM | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Languages | 11 | UML | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | UML-RT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 13 | SysML | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 14 | AADL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 15 | UML-MARTE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |