SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2018

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



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 31,				July 31,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	3	$	3	$	13	$	12
Research and development	1		1		5		4
Selling, general and administrative	9		8		38		32
Total share-based compensation expense	$	13	$	12	$	56	$	48

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



	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	July 31,		July 31,
	2018	2017	2018	2017
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares	21%	23%	21%	23%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares	14%-66%	15%-63%	14%-66%	15%-63%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers	32%	36%	32%	36%

Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards	4.8%	5.3%	4.8%	5.3%