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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation [Abstract]  
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs
The impact of share-based compensation expense on our results was as follows:
 
Year Ended October 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
(in millions)
Cost of products and services
$
11

 
$
11

 
$
11

Research and development
10

 
9

 
8

Selling, general and administrative
38

 
36

 
30

Total share-based compensation expense
$
59

 
$
56

 
$
49

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions And Methodology
The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of TSR-based performance awards.
 
Year Ended October 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Volatility of Keysight shares
25%
 
27%
 
25%
Volatility of index/peer group
14%
 
15%
 
14%-54%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers
57%
 
57%
 
38%
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award
The following table summarizes 2018 activity related to stock option awarded to our employees and directors:
 
Options
Outstanding
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
(in thousands)
 
 
Outstanding at October 31, 2017
2,354

 
$
27

Granted

 
$

Exercised
(1,048
)
 
$
26

Forfeited and expired

 
$

Outstanding at October 31, 2018
1,306

 
$
27

There were no forfeited or expired options in 2018.
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range
The options outstanding and exercisable at October 31, 2018 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)
$0 - 25
415

 
3.1
 
$
20

 
$
15,505

 
415

 
3.1
 
$
20

 
$
15,505

$25.01 - 30
288

 
5.1
 
$
30

 
7,836

 
288

 
5.1
 
$
30

 
7,836

$30.01 - 40
603

 
6.0
 
$
31

 
15,740

 
363

 
6.0
 
$
31

 
9,476

 
1,306

 
4.9
 
$
27

 
$
39,081

 
1,066

 
4.6
 
$
26

 
$
32,817

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Intrinsic Value Options Exercised
The following table summarizes the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised in 2018, 2017 and 2016:
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
(in thousands)
 
 
Options exercised in fiscal 2016
$
5,656

 
$
19

Options exercised in fiscal 2017
$
16,385

 
$
20

Options exercised in fiscal 2018
$
28,985

 
$
26

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Nonvested Roll Forward
The following table summarizes non-vested award activity in 2018 primarily for our LTP Program and restricted stock unit awards:
 
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
 
(in thousands)
 
 
Non-vested at October 31, 2017
3,640

 
$
33

Granted
1,335

 
$
46

Vested
(1,354
)
 
$
33

Forfeited
(155
)
 
$
38

LTP Program decremental
(107
)
 
$
31

Non-vested at October 31, 2018
3,359

 
$
36