import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		//FastScanner scanner=new FastScanner();
		PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		int t = scanner.nextInt();
		int b = scanner.nextInt();
		int a = scanner.nextInt();
		int d = Math.max(a, b);
		if (d == 0) {
			if (t == 1) {
				out.println("NO");
			} else {
				out.println("YES");
				if (t % 2 == 0) {
					for (int i = 0; i < t; i++) {
						if (i % 2 == 0)
							out.println("^");
						else
							out.println("v");
					}
				} else {
					out.println("^");
					out.println(">");
					out.println("v<");
					for (int i = 0; i < t - 3; i++) {
						if (i % 2 == 0)
							out.println("^");
						else
							out.println("v");
					}
				}
			}
			out.close();
			scanner.close();
			return;
		}
		if (t >= d) {
			out.println("YES");
		} else {
			out.println("NO");
			out.close();
			scanner.close();
			return;
		}
		if ((t - d) % 2 == 1) {
			if (a == 0) {
				a++;
				out.println("<");
			} else if (b == 0) {
				b++;
				out.println("v");
			} else if (a < b) {
				a--;
				out.println(">");
			} else {
				b--;
				out.println("^");
			}
			t--;
		}
		int m = Math.min(a, b);
		for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
			out.println("^>");
		}
		for (int i = m; i < d; i++) {
			if (a < b)
				out.println("^");
			else
				out.println(">");
		}
		for (int i = d; i < t; i++) {
			if (i % 2 == 0)
				out.println("^");
			else
				out.println("v");
		}

		out.close();
		scanner.close();
	}
}

class FastScanner {
	private final InputStream in = System.in;
	private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
	private int ptr = 0;
	private int buflen = 0;

	private boolean hasNextByte() {
		if (ptr < buflen) {
			return true;
		} else {
			ptr = 0;
			try {
				buflen = in.read(buffer);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			if (buflen <= 0) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	private int readByte() {
		if (hasNextByte())
			return buffer[ptr++];
		else
			return -1;
	}

	private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
		return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
	}

	public boolean hasNext() {
		while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr]))
			ptr++;
		return hasNextByte();
	}

	public String next() {
		if (!hasNext())
			throw new NoSuchElementException();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		int b = readByte();
		while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	public long nextLong() {
		if (!hasNext())
			throw new NoSuchElementException();
		long n = 0;
		boolean minus = false;
		int b = readByte();
		if (b == '-') {
			minus = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
			throw new NumberFormatException();
		}
		while (true) {
			if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
				n *= 10;
				n += b - '0';
			} else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
				return minus ? -n : n;
			} else {
				throw new NumberFormatException();
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}

	public int nextInt() {
		long nl = nextLong();
		if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE)
			throw new NumberFormatException();
		return (int) nl;
	}

	public double nextDouble() {
		return Double.parseDouble(next());
	}
}