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+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate petgraph;
+extern crate test;
+
+use petgraph::prelude::*;
+use std::cmp::{ max, min };
+use test::Bencher;
+
+use petgraph::algo::dijkstra;
+
+#[bench]
+fn dijkstra_bench(bench: &mut Bencher) {
+    static NODE_COUNT: usize = 10_000;
+    let mut g = Graph::new_undirected();
+    let nodes: Vec<NodeIndex<_>> = (0..NODE_COUNT).into_iter().map(|i| g.add_node(i)).collect();
+    for i in 0..NODE_COUNT {
+        let n1 = nodes[i];
+        let neighbour_count = i % 8 + 3;
+        let j_from = max(0, i as i32 - neighbour_count as i32 / 2) as usize;
+        let j_to = min(NODE_COUNT, j_from + neighbour_count);
+        for j in j_from..j_to {
+            let n2  = nodes[j];
+            let distance = (i + 3) % 10;
+            g.add_edge(n1, n2, distance);
+        }
+    }
+
+    bench.iter(|| {
+        let _scores = dijkstra(&g, nodes[0], None, |e| *e.weight());
+    });
+}
+