What literature to read on algorithms for heuristic search for solutions using the control questions method?

Question

Algorithms

I am developing an application that will diagnose a patient by asking questions (for practice).
From a friend I heard about the book "Heuristic Analysis in Programming" (or something like that, he read it in 1994, he doesn't remember exactly and can't suggest anything).
I want to study the current question selection algorithms.

Answer 1

There is an interesting article on the topic of Akinator. citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.6...
Might be useful.
Well, here you can read: stats.stackexchange.com/questions/6074/akinator-co...

Answer 2

If anyone needs it, coursework on the Akinator clone
knowledge.allbest.ru/programming/2c0a65635b2ac68b5...