Index: trunk/autoquest-core-tasktrees/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/temporalrelation/DefaultIterationDetectionRule.java
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--- trunk/autoquest-core-tasktrees/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/temporalrelation/DefaultIterationDetectionRule.java	(revision 1043)
+++ trunk/autoquest-core-tasktrees/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/temporalrelation/DefaultIterationDetectionRule.java	(revision 1044)
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@
 public class DefaultIterationDetectionRule implements TemporalRelationshipRule {
     
+    private static final int MAX_LENGTH_OF_ITERATED_SEQUENCE = 15;
+    
     /**
      * <p>
@@ -265,5 +267,5 @@
         
         int minChildCount = 1;
-        int maxChildCount = end - start;
+        int maxChildCount = Math.min(MAX_LENGTH_OF_ITERATED_SEQUENCE, end - start);
         
         if (useEqualSublistLengths && (subSequences.equalVariants.size() > 0)) {