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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs | The impact of share-based compensation expense on our consolidated statement of operations was as follows:
| Year Ended October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 11 |
Research and development | 19 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 10 |
Selling, general and administrative | 58 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 38 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | 59 |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions And Methodology | The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of TSR-based performance awards.
| Year Ended October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Volatility of Keysight shares | 28% |  | 25% |  | 25%
Volatility of index | 13% |  | 12% |  | 14%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers | 61% |  | 57% |  | 57%
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award | The following table summarizes 2020 activity related to stock option awarded to our employees and directors.
| Options Outstanding |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Outstanding at October 31, 2019 | 559 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Granted | — |  |  | — |
Exercised | (182 | ) |  | 27 |
Forfeited and expired | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding at October 31, 2020 | 377 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range | The options outstanding and exercisable at October 31, 2020 were as follows:
| Options Outstanding and Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices | Number Outstanding |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
| (in thousands) |  | (in years) |  |  |  | (in thousands)
$0 - 25 | 98 |  |  | 1.8 |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 8,335 |
$25.01 - 30 | 107 |  |  | 3.1 |  | 30 |  |  | 8,011 |
$30.01 - 40 | 172 |  |  | 4.0 |  | 31 |  |  | 12,714 |
| 377 |  |  | 3.2 |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 29,060 |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Intrinsic Value Options Exercised | The following table summarizes the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised in 2020, 2019 and 2018:
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Options exercised in fiscal 2018 | $ | 28,985 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Options exercised in fiscal 2019 | $ | 39,094 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Options exercised in fiscal 2020 | $ | 13,877 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Roll Forward | The following table summarizes non-vested award activity in 2020 for our LTP Program and restricted stock unit awards:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
| (in thousands) |  |
Non-vested at October 31, 2019 | 3,281 |  |  | $ | 48 |
Granted | 723 |  |  | 110 |
Vested | (1,577 | ) |  | 44 |
Forfeited | (45 | ) |  | 60 |
LTP Program incremental | 252 |  |  | 45 |
Non-vested at October 31, 2020 | 2,634 |  |  | $ | 67 |

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