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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2016
Share-based Compensation [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,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Research and development | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Selling, general and administrative | 10 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 24 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 34 |
Assumptions used to estimate fair value for stock options and LTPP | The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the options and LTPP grants.
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| April 30, |  | April 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Stock Option Plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | — |  | 1.5% |  | — |  |  | 1.7 | %
Dividend yield | — |  | 1% |  | — |  |  | 1 | %
Weighted average volatility | — |  | 29% |  | — |  |  | 28 | %
Expected life | — |  | 5.5yrs |  | — |  |  | 5.5yrs |
LTPP: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares | 24% |  | 25% |  | 24 | % |  | 25 | %
Volatility of selected peer-company shares | 14%-50% |  | 12%-57% |  | 14%-50% |  |  | 12%-57% |
Price-wise correlation with selected peers | 35% |  | 37% |  | 35 | % |  | 37 | %

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