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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
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:
| Years Ended October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 16 |
Research and development | 9 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Selling, general and administrative | 54 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 48 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 71 |
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.
| Years Ended October 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
LTPP: |  |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares | 23% |  | 22% |  | 21%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares | 15%-44% |  | 15%-66% |  | 14%-66%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers | 29% |  | 30% |  | 32%
Post-vest restriction discount for all executive awards | 5.3% |  | 5.0% |  | 4.8%
Summary of stock option award activity | The following table summarizes employee stock option award activity of our employees and directors for 2020.
| Options Outstanding |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Outstanding at October 31, 2019 | 1,445 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Exercised | (575) |  |  | $ | 34 |
Outstanding at October 31, 2020 | 870 |  |  | $ | 37 |
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, 2020 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)
$25.01 - $30.00 | 228 |  |  | 1.7 |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 17,192 |  |  | 228 |  |  | 1.7 |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 17,192 |
$30.01 - $40.00 | 121 |  |  | 3.1 |  | $ | 39 |  |  | 7,586 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 3.1 |  | $ | 39 |  |  | 7,586 |
$40.01- over | 521 |  |  | 4.0 |  | $ | 41 |  |  | 31,883 |  |  | 521 |  |  | 4.0 |  | $ | 41 |  |  | 31,883 |
| 870 |  |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 56,661 |  |  | 870 |  |  | 3.3 |  | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 56,661 |
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 in 2020, 2019 and 2018:
| Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Options exercised in fiscal 2018 | $ | 28,417 |  |  | $ | 32 |
Options exercised in fiscal 2019 | $ | 24,409 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Options exercised in fiscal 2020 | $ | 30,481 |  |  | $ | 34 |
Non-vested award activity disclosure | The following table summarizes non-vested award activity in 2020 primarily for our LTPP and restricted stock unit awards.
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Price
| (in thousands) |  |
Non-vested at October 31, 2019 | 3,173 |  |  | $ | 60 |
Granted | 1,091 |  |  | $ | 79 |
Vested | (1,629) |  |  | $ | 52 |
Forfeited | (115) |  |  | $ | 68 |
Change in LTPP shares in the year due to exceeding performance targets | 298 |  |  | $ | 47 |
Non-vested at October 31, 2020 | 2,818 |  |  | $ | 70 |

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