We provide a number of algorithmic results for the following family of problems: For a given binary mtimes n matrix A and integer k, decide whether there is a simple binary matrix B which differs from A in at most k entries. For an integer r, the simplicity of B is characterized as follows. - Binary r-Means: Matrix B has at most r different columns. This problem is known to be NP-complete already for r=2. We show that the problem is solvable in time 2^{O(klog k)}cdot(nm)^{O(1)} and thus is fixed-parameter tractable parameterized by k. We prove that the problem admits a polynomial kernel when parameterized by r and k but it has no polynomial kernel when parameterized by k only unless NPsubseteq coNP/poly. We also complement these result by showing that when being parameterized by r and k, the problem admits an algorithm of running time 2^{O(rcdot sqrt{klog{(k+r)}})}(nm)^{O(1)}, which is subexponential in k for rin O(k^{1/2 -epsilon}) for any epsilon>0. - Low GF(2)-Rank Approximation: Matrix B is of GF(2)-rank at most r. This problem is known to be NP-complete already for r=1. It also known to be W[1]-hard when parameterized by k. Interestingly, when parameterized by r and k, the problem is not only fixed-parameter tractable, but it is solvable in time 2^{O(r^{ 3/2}cdot sqrt{klog{k}})}(nm)^{O(1)}, which is subexponential in k. - Low Boolean-Rank Approximation: Matrix B is of Boolean rank at most r. The problem is known to be NP-complete for k=0 as well as for r=1. We show that it is solvable in subexponential in k time 2^{O(r2^rcdot sqrt{klog k})}(nm)^{O(1)}.
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