SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 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				Six Months Ended
	April 30,				April 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	5	$	4	$	11	$	9
Research and development	2		2		5		4
Selling, general and administrative	11		10		29		27
Total share-based compensation expense	$	18	$	16	$	45	$	40

Assumptions used to estimate fair value for LTPP

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

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