The finite vertex-primitive and vertex-biprimitive s-transitive graphs for s ≥ 4

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3511-3529

  Cai Heng, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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