package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
)

var sc = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
var wr = bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)

func out(x ...interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintln(wr, x...)
}

func getI() int {
	sc.Scan()
	i, e := strconv.Atoi(sc.Text())
	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}
	return i
}

func getF() float64 {
	sc.Scan()
	i, e := strconv.ParseFloat(sc.Text(), 64)
	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}
	return i
}

func getInts(N int) []int {
	ret := make([]int, N)
	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
		ret[i] = getI()
	}
	return ret
}

func getS() string {
	sc.Scan()
	return sc.Text()
}

// min, max, asub, absなど基本関数
func max(a, b int) int {
	if a > b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}

func min(a, b int) int {
	if a < b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}

func asub(a, b int) int {
	if a > b {
		return a - b
	}
	return b - a
}

func abs(a int) int {
	if a >= 0 {
		return a
	}
	return -a
}

func lowerBound(a []int, x int) int {
	idx := sort.Search(len(a), func(i int) bool {
		return a[i] >= x
	})
	return idx
}

func upperBound(a []int, x int) int {
	idx := sort.Search(len(a), func(i int) bool {
		return a[i] > x
	})
	return idx
}

func main() {
	defer wr.Flush()
	sc.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
	sc.Buffer([]byte{}, 1000000)
	// this template is new version.
	// use getI(), getS(), getInts(), getF()
	t, y, x := getI(), getI(), getI()

	if t < x || t < y || t+x+y == 1 {
		out("NO")
		return
	}
	out("YES")
	for t != 0 {
		if x < t-1 {
			fmt.Fprint(wr, "<")
			x++
		} else if x != 0 {
			fmt.Fprint(wr, ">")
			x--
		}
		if y%2 == t%2 {
			if y < t-1 {
				fmt.Fprint(wr, "v")
				y++
			} else if y != 0 {
				fmt.Fprint(wr, "^")
				y--
			}
		}
		out()
		t--
	}
}