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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+
+.. _clamp-controlloop-participant-simulator:
+
+Participant Simulator
+#####################
+
+This can be used for simulation testing purpose when there are no actual frameworks or a full deployment.
+Participant simulator can edit the states of ControlLoopElements and Participants for verification of other controlloop components
+for early testing.
+All controlloop components should be setup, except participant frameworks (for example, no policy framework components
+are needed) and participant simulator acts as respective participant framework, and state changes can be done with following REST APIs
+
+Participant Simulator API
+=========================
+
+This API allows a Participant Simulator to be started and run for test purposes.
+
+:download:`Download Policy Participant Simulator API Swagger <swagger/participant-sim.json>`
+
+.. swaggerv2doc:: swagger/participant-sim.json