SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2018

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
	January 31,
	2018		2017
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	7	$	6
Research and development	3		2
Selling, general and administrative	21		13
Total share-based compensation expense	$	31	$	21

Assumptions used to estimate fair value for LTPP

The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted.

	Three Months Ended
	January 31,
	2018	2017
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares	21%	23%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares	14%-66%	15%-63%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers	32%	36%
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards	4.8%	5.3%