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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]

Allocated share-based compensation expense disclosure

The impact on our results for share-based compensation was as follows:

	Three Months Ended							Nine Months Ended
	July 31,							July 31,
	2019				2018			2019				2018
	(in millions)
Cost of products and services	$	4			$	3		$	13			$	13
Research and development	2				1			6				5
Selling, general and administrative	12				9			39				38
Total share-based compensation expense	$	18			$	13		$	58			$	56

Assumptions used to estimate fair value for LTPP

The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 31,				July 31,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
LTPP:
Volatility of Agilent shares	22%		21%		22%		21%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares	15%-66%		14%-66%		15%-66%		14%-66%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers	30%		32%		30%		32%
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards	5.0%		4.8%		5.0%		4.8%

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, and long-term performance plan grants.

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