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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2017
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

January 31,
 
2017

2016
 
(in millions)
Cost of products and services
$
6


$
6

Research and development
2


2

Selling, general and administrative
13


15

Total share-based compensation expense
$
21

 
$
23

 
Assumptions used to estimate fair value for LTPP
The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of the LTPP grants.
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
January 31,
 
2017
 
2016
LTPP:
 
 
 
Volatility of Agilent shares
23%
 
24%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares
15%-63%
 
14%-50%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers
36%
 
35%