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Post Retirement Benefit Plans - Actuarial Assumptions Used to Measure Benefit Obligations and Pension Costs (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 3.71% | 3.69% | 4.30%
Expected return on plan assets | 5.47% | 5.73% | 5.70%
Rate of compensation increase | 3.01% | 2.93% | 2.99%
USA [Member] |  |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 4.37% | 4.22% | 4.75%
Expected return on plan assets | 6.25% | 6.25% | 6.00%
Rate of compensation increase | 3.00% | 3.00% | 3.00%
Germany [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 2.10% | 2.45% | 3.40%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.75% | 2.75% | 2.75%
United Kingdom [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 3.45% | 3.72% | 4.25%
Expected return on plan assets | 6.00% | 6.25% | 6.50%
Rate of compensation increase | 3.50% | 3.25% | 3.50%
Netherlands [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 1.98% | 2.20% | 3.25%
Expected return on plan assets | 2.06% | 3.25% | 3.25%
Rate of compensation increase | 2.25% | 2.25% | 2.25%
Other International [Member] | Non-United States [Member] |  |  |
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 4.82% | 4.83% | 5.28%
Expected return on plan assets | 5.99% | 6.09% | 5.82%
Rate of compensation increase |  | 2.41% | 2.35%

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