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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+def binary_matrix_score(matrix):
+    # Function to flip a row or column
+    def flip(arr):
+        return [1 - i for i in arr]
+
+    # Function to convert binary to decimal
+    def binary_to_decimal(binary):
+        return int(''.join(map(str, binary)), 2)
+
+    # First, optimize rows, make sure the first element is 1
+    for row in matrix:
+        if row[0] == 0:
+            row[:] = flip(row)
+
+    # Then, optimize columns excluding the first
+    cols = len(matrix[0])
+    rows = len(matrix)
+    for col in range(1, cols):
+        if sum(matrix[row][col] for row in range(rows)) < rows / 2:
+            for row in range(rows):
+                matrix[row][col] = 1 - matrix[row][col]
+
+    # Calculate score
+    score = sum(binary_to_decimal(row) for row in matrix)
+
+    return score
+
+
+# Test cases:
+print(binary_matrix_score(
+    [[0, 0, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 0], [1, 1, 0, 0]]))  # Output: 39
+print(binary_matrix_score([[0]]))  # Output: 1