#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define ll long long
#define ul unsigned ll
#define LL __int128_t
#define db double
#define DB long db
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define pil pair<int, ll>
#define fi first
#define se second
#define mkpr make_pair
#define vi vector<int>
#define vii vector<pii>
#define vil vector<pil>
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define bit(x) (1 << (x))
#define bin(s, x) ((s) >> (x) & 1)
#define mem(a, x) memset(a, x, sizeof(a))
#define req(i, l, r) for (int i(l), i##End(r); i < i##End; i = -~i)
#define qer(i, r, l) for (int i(r), i##End(l); i > i##End; i = ~-i)
#define rep(i, l, r) for (int i(l), i##End(r); i <= i##End; i = -~i)
#define per(i, r, l) for (int i(r), i##End(l); i >= i##End; i = ~-i)

#ifdef JYR
#define errs(x) fputs(x "\n", stderr)
#define errm(x, ...) fprintf(stderr, x, ##__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define errs(x) 0
#define errm(x, ...) 0
#endif

template<typename T, typename U> void chkmx(T &_a, U _b) { if (_a < _b) _a = _b; }
template<typename T, typename U> void chkmn(T &_a, U _b) { if (_a > _b) _a = _b; }
template<typename T> T sq(T x) { return x * x; }

bool Mbe;

// #define MC

#define N 1005
#define mod 998244353
#define inf 0x3f3f3f3f
#define INF 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f

int n, m, k;
char s[N][N];
bool TAG;
char t1[][10] = {
    "<<<<<<<<<",
    "v.v.v.v.v",
    "v>.^.^.^.",
    "v.<<<<<^>",
    "v>.v.v.^.",
    "v.<v>.<^>",
    "v>.v.^.^.",
    "v.<v>>>>>",
    "v>.v.v.v.",
    "v.^.^.^.^",
    "v>>>>>>>>"
}, t2[][7] = {
    "<<<<<<",
    ".v.v.v",
    "^.^.^.",
    ">>>>>>",
    "v.v.v.",
    ".^.<v>",
    "<^>.v.",
    ".^.<v>",
    "<^>.v.",
    ".^.^.^",
    ">>>>>>"
}, t3[][3] = {
    "<^",
    ".^",
    "<^",
    ".^",
    "<^",
    ".^",
    "<^",
    ".^",
    "<^",
    ".^",
    ">>"
};

void slv(int x, int y) {
    errm("slv(%d, %d)\n", x, y);
    int x1 = k * 3 + 1, y1 = k * 3 + 1;
    int x2 = n - x1 + 1, y2 = m - y1 + 1;
    errm("(%d %d) (%d %d)\n", x1, y1, x2, y2);
    auto t = [&](int i, int j) -> char& { return s[x1 + i - 1][y1 + j - 1]; };
    if (x == 9) {
        req(j, 0, 7) s[x1][y1 + j] = '<';
        req(j, 1, 7) s[x2][y1 + j] = '>';
        req(i, 0, 8) s[x1 + i + 1][y1] = 'v', s[x1 + i][y2] = '^';
        s[x2][y2 - 1] = s[x2][y2] = '>';
        s[x1][y2 - 1] = s[x1 + 2][y2 - 1] = s[x1 + 4][y2 - 1] = s[x1 + 6][y2 - 1] = '<';
        t(3, 4) = t(3, 6) = t(4, 6) = t(5, 6) = t(8, 3) = t(8, 5) = t(8, 7) = '^';
        t(3, 2) = t(4, 7) = t(5, 2) = t(6, 5) = t(6, 6) = t(6, 7) = t(7, 2) = '>';
        t(2, 3) = t(2, 5) = t(2, 7) = t(5, 4) = t(6, 4) = t(7, 4) = t(7, 6) = 'v';
        t(4, 3) = t(4, 4) = t(4, 5) = t(6, 3) = '<';
        y1 += 7;
        rep(i, 1, (y - 9) / 6) {
            t(1, 1) = t(1, 2) = t(1, 3) = t(1, 4) = t(1, 5) = t(1, 6) = t(6, 4) = t(7, 1) = '<';
            t(4, 1) = t(4, 2) = t(4, 3) = t(4, 4) = t(4, 5) = t(4, 6) = t(6, 6) =
            t(7, 3) = t(9, 1) = t(9, 2) = t(9, 3) = t(9, 4) = t(9, 5) = t(9, 6) = '>';
            t(2, 2) = t(2, 4) = t(2, 6) = t(5, 1) = t(5, 3) = t(5, 5) = t(6, 5) = t(7, 5) = 'v';
            t(3, 1) = t(3, 3) = t(3, 5) = t(6, 2) = t(7, 2) = t(8, 2) = t(8, 4) = t(8, 6) = '^';
            y1 += 6;
        }
        return;
    }
    if (x == 11) {
        req(i, 0, 11) req(j, 0, 9) t(i + 1, j + 1) = t1[i][j];
        req(i, 0, 11) req(j, 0, 2) s[x1 + i][y2 - 1 + j] = t3[i][j];
        y1 += 9;
        rep(_, 1, (y - 11) / 6) {
            req(i, 0, 11) req(j, 0, 6) t(i + 1, j + 1) = t2[i][j];
            y1 += 6;
        }
        return;
    }
    req(i, x1, x2) s[i + 1][y1] = 'v', s[i][y2] = '^';
    req(j, y1, y2) s[x1][j] = '<', s[x2][j + 1] = '>';
    for (int i = x1 + 2; i < x2; i += 2) s[i][y1 + 1] = '>', s[i][y2 - 1] = '<';
    for (int j = y1 + 2; j < y2; j += 2) s[x1 + 1][j] = 'v', s[x2 - 1][j] = '^';
    for (int i = x1 + 3; i < x2 - 1; i += 2) s[i][y1 + 2] = '<', s[i][y2 - 2] = '>';
    for (int j = y1 + 3; j < y2 - 1; j += 2) s[x1 + 2][j] = '^', s[x2 - 2][j] = 'v';
    k++, slv(x - 6, y - 6);
}

void mslv() {
    scanf("%d%d", &n, &m);
    if (n > m) swap(n, m), TAG = 1;
    if (n == 2 && m == 2) {
        puts("Yes\n<^\nv>");
        return;
    }
    if (n == 3 && m == 3) {
        puts("Yes\n<<^\nv.^\nv>>");
        return;
    }
    if (n == 5 && m == 5) {
        puts("Yes\n<<<<^\nv.v.^\nv>.<^\nv.^.^\nv>>>>");
        return;
    }
    if (int x = n % 6, y = m % 6; !((x == 3 && y == 3) || (x == 5 && y == 5)) || n == 3 || n == 5) {
        puts("No");
        return;
    }
    slv(n, m), puts("Yes");
    rep(i, 1, n) rep(j, 1, m) if (!s[i][j]) s[i][j] = '.';
    if (TAG) {
        auto trans = [](char c) {
            switch (c) {
            case '.': return '.';
            case '<': return '^';
            case '^': return '>';
            case '>': return 'v';
            case 'v': return '<';
            }
            return '\n';
        };
        rep(j, 1, m) {
            per(i, n, 1) printf("%c", trans(s[i][j]));
            puts("");
        }
    } else rep(i, 1, n) {
        rep(j, 1, m) printf("%c", s[i][j]);
        puts("");
    }
}

void sprw() {}

void mprw() {}

bool Med;

int main() {
    #ifdef JYR
    freopen("Test.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("Test.out", "w", stdout);
    #endif
    mprw();
    #ifdef MC
    int _; scanf("%d", &_);
    while (_--) sprw(), mslv();
    #else
    mslv();
    #endif
    errm("%.3lfMB %.0lfms\n", abs(&Med - &Mbe) / 1048576., clock() * 1000. / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
    return 0;
}