SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Allocated Share-based compensation expense disclosure

The impact on our results for share-based compensation was as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 31,				July 31,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	2	$	2	$	11	$	9
Research and development	1		1		4		4
Selling, general and administrative	8		7		33		31
Total share-based compensation expense	$	11	$	10	$	48	$	44

Assumptions used to estimate fair value for stock options and LTPP

The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the options and LTPP grants.

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	July 31,		July 31,
	2016	2015	2016		2015
Stock Option Plans:
Weighted average risk-free interest rate	—	—	—		1.7	%
Dividend yield	—	—	—		1	%
Weighted average volatility	—	—	—		28	%
Expected life	—	—	—		5.5yrs
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares	24%	25%	24	%	25	%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares	14%-50%	12%-57%	14%-50%		12%-57%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers	35%	37%	35	%	37	%