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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2021
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 |  |
| January 31, |  |
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  |  |  |
| (in millions)
Cost of products and services | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  |  |  |
Research and development | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Selling, general and administrative | 27 |  |  | 18 |  |  |  |  |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  |  |  |
Assumptions used to estimate fair value for LTPP | The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of awards granted.
| Three Months Ended |  |
| January 31, |  |
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  |  |  |
Stock Option Plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 0.2% |  | — |  |  |  |
Dividend yield | 0.7% |  | — |  |  |  |
Weighted average volatility | 26% |  | — |  |  |  |
Expected life | 5.5 years |  | — |  |  |  |
LTPP: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares | 30% |  | 23% |  |  |  |
Volatility of selected peer-company shares | 24%-57% |  | 15%-44% |  |  |  |
Pair-wise correlation with selected peers | 45% |  | 29% |  |  |  |
Post-vest holding restriction discount for all executive awards | 6.8% |  | 5.3% |  |  |  |

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