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By introducing Halton sequences to initialize the population, the diversity of the population is enhanced, and premature convergence is effectively avoided. The dynamic density factor of water waves is added to improve the search efficiency of the algorithm in the solution space. Lens opposition learning based on the principle of lens imaging is also introduced to enhance the ability of the algorithm to get rid of local optimums. MIHBA achieves the best ranking in 23 test functions and 4 engineering design problems. 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