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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Allocated Share-based compensation expense disclosure | The impact of share-based compensation on our results was as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| January 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 4 |
Research and development | 8 |  |  | 6 |
Selling, general and administrative | 26 |  |  | 17 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award fair value assumptions and methodology schedule | The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted under the LTP Program that are based on total shareholder return ("TSR"):
| Three Months Ended
| January 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Volatility of Keysight shares | 28 | % |  | 25 | %
Volatility of index/peer group | 13 | % |  | 12 | %
Price-wise correlation with selected peers | 61 | % |  | 57 | %

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