Mud Ring Algorithm: A New Meta-Heuristic Optimization Algorithm for Solving Mathematical and Engineering Challenges

This paper proposes a new meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, namely Mud Ring Algorithm (MRA) that mimics the mud ring feeding behaviour of bottlenose dolphins in Atlantic coast Florida. The inspiration MRA is mainly based on foraging and their strategy. strategy applied by to trap fish via creating plume single dolphin moving his tail swiftly sand swims around group fish. fishes become disoriented jump over surface only find waiting mouths dolphins. algorithm mathematically simulates this proves its effectiveness through comprehensive comparison with other algorithms. Twenty-nine benchmark functions four commonly used engineering challenges are comparison. statistical comparisons results prove proposed has superiority dealing these problems can obtain best solutions than optimizers.