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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 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:
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
| July 31, | July 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 | 2020 |  | 2019
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 4 |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Research and development | 2 |  |  | 2 |  | 7 |  |  | 6 |
Selling, general and administrative | 12 |  |  | 12 |  | 41 |  |  | 39 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 18 |  | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 58 |
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,
| 2020 |  | 2019 | 2020 |  | 2019
LTPP: |  |  |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares | 23% |  | 22% | 23% |  | 22%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares | 15%-44% |  | 15%-66% | 15%-44% |  | 15%-66%
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers | 29% |  | 30% | 29% |  | 30%
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards | 5.3% |  | 5.0% | 5.3% |  | 5.0%

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