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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Allocated Share-based compensation expense disclosure | The impact on our results for share-based compensation was as follows:
| Years Ended October 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Research and development | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 7 |
Selling, general and administrative | 40 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 39 |
Share-based compensation expense in continuing operations | 60 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 59 |
Share-based compensation expense in discontinued operations | — |  |  | — |  |  | 39 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 98 |
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 employee stock options and LTPP grants.
|  | Years Ended October 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Stock Option Plans: |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average risk-free interest rate |  | — |  | 1.75% |  | 1.69%
Dividend yield |  | — |  | 1% |  | 1%
Weighted average volatility |  | — |  | 28% |  | 39%
Expected life |  | — |  | 5.5 years |  | 5.8 years
LTPP: |  |  |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares |  | 24% |  | 25% |  | 36%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares |  | 14%-50% |  | 12%-57% |  | 13%-57%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers |  | 35% |  | 37% |  | 47%
Summary of stock option award activity | The following table summarizes employee stock option award activity of our employees and directors for 2016.
| Options Outstanding |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Outstanding at October 31, 2015 | 5,712 |  |  | $ | 31 |
Granted | — |  |  | $ | — |
Exercised | (1,547 | ) |  | $ | 25 |
Cancelled/Forfeited/Expired | (59 | ) |  | $ | 33 |
Outstanding at October 31, 2016 | 4,106 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Forfeited and expired options from total cancellations in 2016 were as follows:
| Options Cancelled |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Forfeited | 31 |  |  | $ | 38 |
Expired | 28 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Total Options Cancelled during 2016 | 59 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Schedule of share-based compensation, shares authorized under stock option plans, by exercise price range | The options outstanding and exercisable for equity share-based payment awards at October 31, 2016 were as follows:
| Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices | Number Outstanding |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | Number Exercisable |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
| (in thousands) |  | (in years) |  |  |  | (in thousands) |  | (in thousands) |  | (in years) |  |  |  | (in thousands)
$0 - 25 | 361 |  |  | 2.4 |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 9,268 |  |  | 361 |  |  | 2.4 |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 9,268 |
$25.01 - 30 | 1,633 |  |  | 5.0 |  | $ | 26 |  |  | 28,095 |  |  | 1,324 |  |  | 4.7 |  | $ | 26 |  |  | 22,741 |
$30.01 - 40 | 898 |  |  | 7.1 |  | $ | 39 |  |  | 3,995 |  |  | 439 |  |  | 7.1 |  | $ | 39 |  |  | 1,957 |
$40.01 - over | 1,214 |  |  | 8.0 |  | $ | 41 |  |  | 3,259 |  |  | 302 |  |  | 8.0 |  | $ | 41 |  |  | 815 |
| 4,106 |  |  | 6.1 |  | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 44,617 |  |  | 2,426 |  |  | 5.2 |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 34,781 |
Schedule of intrinsic value of options exercised and the fair value of options granted | The following table summarizes the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised and the fair value of options granted in 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Per Share Value Using Black-Scholes Model
| (in thousands) |  |  |  |
Options exercised in fiscal 2014 | $ | 98,075 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  |  |
Black-Scholes per share value of options granted during fiscal 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 19 |
Options exercised in fiscal 2015 | $ | 33,258 |  |  | $ | 24 |  |  |  |
Black-Scholes per share value of options granted during fiscal 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 11 |
Options exercised in fiscal 2016 | $ | 26,913 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  |  |
Black-Scholes per share value of options granted during fiscal 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | — |
Non-vested award activity disclosure | The following table summarizes non-vested award activity in 2016 primarily for our LTPP and restricted stock unit awards.
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Non-vested at October 31, 2015 | 2,417 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Granted | 1,732 |  |  | $ | 40 |
Vested | (607 | ) |  | $ | 35 |
Forfeited | (94 | ) |  | $ | 39 |
Change in LTPP shares in the year due to not meeting performance conditions | (386 | ) |  | $ | 28 |
Non-vested at October 31, 2016 | 3,062 |  |  | $ | 40 |

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