A Note on Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm

An assertion that Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths (adapted to allow arcs of negative weight) runs in <italic>O</italic>(<italic>n</italic><supscrpt>3</supscrpt>) steps is disproved by showing a set of networks which take <italic>O</italic>(<italic>n</italic>2<supscrpt><italic>n</italic></supscrpt>) steps.