SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]

Allocated share-based compensation expense disclosure

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

	Three Months Ended
	January 31,
	2020		2019
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	6	$	5
Research and development	3		2
Selling, general and administrative	18		17
Total share-based compensation expense	$	27	$	24

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,
	2020	2019
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares	23%	22%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares	15%-44%	15%-66%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers	29%	30%
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards	5.3%	5.0%