diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8929228..c0484b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,6 +196,23 @@ console.log(result.nodes); // Prints the array of nodes in the shortest path
 console.log(result.weight); // Prints the total weight of the path
 ```
 
+<a name="shortest-path" href="#shortest-path">#</a> <b>shortestPath</b>(<i>graph</i>, <i>sourceNode</i>, <i>destinationNode</i>, <i>nextWeightFn</i>)
+
+Calculates the weight based on the custom function.
+
+```javascript
+import type { NextWeightFnParams } from '../../types.js';
+function multiplyWeightFunction(wp: NextWeightFnParams): number {
+    if (wp.currentPathWeight === undefined) {
+        return wp.edgeWeight;
+    }
+    return wp.edgeWeight * wp.currentPathWeight;
+}
+var result = shortestPath(graph, 'a', 'c', multiplyWeightFunction);
+console.log(result.nodes); // Prints the array of nodes in the shortest path
+console.log(result.weight); // Prints the total weight of the path
+```
+
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diff --git a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/getPath.ts b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/getPath.ts
index 8ce82e9..95d6ef5 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/getPath.ts
+++ b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/getPath.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 import type { EdgeWeight, NoInfer } from '../../types.js';
 import type { TraversingTracks } from './types.js';
+import type { NextWeightFnParams } from '../../types.js';
 
 import { Graph } from '../../Graph.js';
 
+/**
+ * Computes edge weight as the sum of all the edges in the path.
+ */
+export function addWeightFunction( wp: NextWeightFnParams): number {
+  if (wp.currentPathWeight === undefined) {
+      return wp.edgeWeight;
+  }
+  return wp.edgeWeight + wp.currentPathWeight;
+}
+
 /**
  * Assembles the shortest path by traversing the
  * predecessor subgraph from destination to source.
@@ -12,22 +23,30 @@ export function getPath<Node, LinkProps>(
   tracks: TraversingTracks<NoInfer<Node>>,
   source: NoInfer<Node>,
   destination: NoInfer<Node>,
+  nextWeightFn: (params: NextWeightFnParams) => number = addWeightFunction
 ): {
   nodes: [Node, Node, ...Node[]];
-  weight: number;
+  weight: number | undefined;
 } {
   const { p } = tracks;
   const nodeList: Node[] & { weight?: EdgeWeight } = [];
 
-  let totalWeight = 0;
+  let totalWeight : EdgeWeight | undefined = undefined;
   let node = destination;
 
+  let hop = 1;
   while (p.has(node)) {
     const currentNode = p.get(node)!;
 
     nodeList.push(node);
-    totalWeight += graph.getEdgeWeight(currentNode, node);
+    const edgeWeight = graph.getEdgeWeight(currentNode, node)
+    totalWeight = nextWeightFn({
+        edgeWeight, currentPathWeight: totalWeight, 
+        hop: hop,  graph: graph, path: tracks, 
+        previousNode: node, currentNode: currentNode
+    });
     node = currentNode;
+    hop++;
   }
 
   if (node !== source) {
diff --git a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.spec.ts b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.spec.ts
index c67492b..134eca9 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.spec.ts
+++ b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { Graph } from '../../Graph.js';
 import { serializeGraph } from '../../utils/serializeGraph.js';
 import { shortestPath } from './shortestPath.js';
 import { shortestPaths } from './shortestPaths.js';
+import { addWeightFunction } from './getPath.js';
+import { NextWeightFnParams } from '../../types.js';
 
 describe("Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm", function () {
   it('Should compute shortest path on a single edge.', function () {
@@ -104,3 +106,98 @@ describe("Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm", function () {
     expect(postSerializedGraph.links).toContainEqual({ source: 'f', target: 'c' });
   });
 });
+
+describe('addWeightFunction', () => {
+  it('should return edgeWeight if currentPathWeight is undefined', () => {
+    const graph = new Graph();
+    const params = { 
+      edgeWeight: 5, currentPathWeight: undefined, hop: 1, 
+      graph: graph, path: { d: new Map(), p: new Map(), q: new Set() }, 
+      previousNode: 'a', currentNode: 'b'
+     };
+    expect(addWeightFunction(params)).toBe(5);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the sum of edgeWeight and currentPathWeight', () => {
+    const graph = new Graph()
+    const params = { edgeWeight: 5, currentPathWeight: 10, hop: 1, 
+      graph: graph, path: { d: new Map(), p: new Map(), q: new Set() }, 
+      previousNode: 'a', currentNode: 'b'
+    };
+    expect(addWeightFunction(params)).toBe(15);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('shortestPath with custom weight functions', () => {
+  it('should compute shortest path with default weight function (sum of weights)', () => {
+    const graph = new Graph().addEdge('a', 'b', 1).addEdge('b', 'c', 2);
+    expect(shortestPath(graph, 'a', 'c')).toEqual({
+      nodes: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+      weight: 3,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should compute shortest path with a custom weight function', () => {
+    const customWeightFn = ({ edgeWeight, currentPathWeight, hop }: NextWeightFnParams) => {
+      if (currentPathWeight === undefined) {
+        return edgeWeight;
+      }
+      return currentPathWeight + edgeWeight ** hop;
+    };
+
+    const graph = new Graph().addEdge('a', 'b', 2).addEdge('b', 'c', 3);
+    expect(shortestPath(graph, 'a', 'c', customWeightFn)).toEqual({
+      nodes: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+      weight: 7,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should pass correct parameters to custom weight function for a path with 3 nodes', () => {
+    const customWeightFn = vi.fn(({ edgeWeight, currentPathWeight, hop }: NextWeightFnParams) => {
+      if (currentPathWeight === undefined) {
+        return edgeWeight;
+      }
+      return currentPathWeight + edgeWeight ** hop;
+    });
+
+    const graph = new Graph().addEdge('a', 'b', 1).addEdge('b', 'c', 2);
+    shortestPath(graph, 'a', 'c', customWeightFn);
+
+    expect(customWeightFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ edgeWeight: 2, currentPathWeight: undefined, hop: 1, 
+      graph: graph, currentNode: 'b', previousNode: 'c', 
+      path: {
+        d: new Map([['a', 0], ['b', 1], ['c', 3]]),
+        p: new Map([['b', 'a'], ['c', 'b']]),
+        q: new Set(),
+      },
+     });
+    expect(customWeightFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ edgeWeight: 1, currentPathWeight: 2, hop: 2, 
+      graph: graph, currentNode: 'a', previousNode: 'b', 
+      path: {
+        d: new Map([['a', 0], ['b', 1], ['c', 3]]),
+        p: new Map([['b', 'a'], ['c', 'b']]),
+        q: new Set(),
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should compute shortest path with a custom weight function in a graph with multiple paths', () => {
+    const customWeightFn = ({ edgeWeight, currentPathWeight }: NextWeightFnParams) => {
+      if (currentPathWeight === undefined) {
+        return edgeWeight;
+      }
+      return edgeWeight + currentPathWeight;
+    };
+
+    const graph = new Graph()
+      .addEdge('a', 'b', 1)
+      .addEdge('b', 'c', 2)
+      .addEdge('a', 'd', 1)
+      .addEdge('d', 'c', 1);
+
+    expect(shortestPath(graph, 'a', 'c', customWeightFn)).toEqual({
+      nodes: ['a', 'd', 'c'],
+      weight: 2,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.ts b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.ts
index 3289dab..ba255ac 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.ts
+++ b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPath.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { Graph } from '../../Graph.js';
 import { NoInfer } from '../../types.js';
 import { dijkstra } from './dijkstra.js';
-import { getPath } from './getPath.js';
+import { getPath, addWeightFunction } from './getPath.js';
 import { TraversingTracks } from './types.js';
+import type { NextWeightFnParams } from '../../types.js';
 
 /**
  * Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm.
@@ -13,9 +14,10 @@ export function shortestPath<Node, LinkProps>(
   graph: Graph<Node, LinkProps>,
   source: NoInfer<Node>,
   destination: NoInfer<Node>,
+  nextWeightFn: (params: NextWeightFnParams) => number = addWeightFunction
 ): {
   nodes: [Node, Node, ...Node[]];
-  weight: number;
+  weight: number | undefined;
 } {
   const tracks: TraversingTracks<Node> = {
     d: new Map(),
@@ -25,5 +27,5 @@ export function shortestPath<Node, LinkProps>(
 
   dijkstra(graph, tracks, source, destination);
 
-  return getPath(graph, tracks, source, destination);
+  return getPath(graph, tracks, source, destination, nextWeightFn);
 }
diff --git a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPaths.ts b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPaths.ts
index 928b382..57a1281 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPaths.ts
+++ b/src/algorithms/shortestPath/shortestPaths.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function shortestPaths<Node, LinkProps>(
 
     try {
       path = shortestPath(graph, source, destination);
-      if (!path.weight || pathWeight < path.weight) break;
+      if (!path.weight || !pathWeight || pathWeight < path.weight) break;
       paths.push(path);
     } catch (e) {
       break;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 817e98e..a2419ab 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type { Edge, Serialized, SerializedInput, EdgeWeight } from './types.js';
+export type { Edge, Serialized, SerializedInput, EdgeWeight, NextWeightFnParams } from './types.js';
 
 export { Graph } from './Graph.js';
 export { CycleError } from './CycleError.js';
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index bbce017..37b3c54 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { TraversingTracks } from './algorithms/shortestPath/types.js';
+import { Graph } from './Graph.js';
+
 export type EdgeWeight = number;
 
 export type Edge<NodeIdentity = unknown, Props = unknown> = {
@@ -18,3 +21,13 @@ export type SerializedInput<Node = unknown, LinkProps = unknown> = {
 };
 
 export type NoInfer<T> = [T][T extends any ? 0 : never];
+
+export type NextWeightFnParams<Node = unknown, LinkProps = unknown> = {
+  edgeWeight: EdgeWeight;
+  currentPathWeight: EdgeWeight | undefined;
+  hop: number;
+  graph: Graph<Node, LinkProps>;
+  path: TraversingTracks<NoInfer<Node>>;
+  previousNode: NoInfer<Node>;
+  currentNode: NoInfer<Node>;
+};